House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Veteran Burial Benefit Correction Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase burial and funeral expenses paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the case of death from a service-connected disability, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Brad Finstad R-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 29, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 29, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9055.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FINSTAD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 91, May 29, 2026, Page H3741):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 29, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9055, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9055
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 8, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brad Finstad.
- H.R. 2931 (119th) Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025
- H.R. 8881 (119th) SBA Artificial Intelligence Utilization Act of 2026
- H.R. 9576 (119th) National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026
- H.R. 1163 (119th) Prove It Act
- H.R. 10353 (119th) SBIC Reporting Modernization Act of 2026
- H.R. 6978 (119th) Preserving Integrity in Immigration Benefits Act
Related bills
- S. 4108 (119th) Veteran Burial Benefit Correction ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.