House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Headstones for Honor Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones, markers, and medallions for graves of certain enslaved individuals and individuals who performed military functions despite ineligibility to serve in the Armed Forces.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 12, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Nov 17, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6032.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HORSFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 191, November 12, 2025, Page H4667):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6032, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6032
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Troy Carter (D-LA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steven Horsford.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.