Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Veteran Burial Timeliness and Death Certificate Accountability Act
Official title: A bill to direct a physician or nurse practitioner employed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certify the death of a veteran not later than 48 hours after such physician or nurse practitioner learns of such death, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. John Boozman R-ARWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 16, 2025
- Committee actionMar 18, 2026
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 18, 2026 — Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2309.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2309, Veteran Burial Timeliness and Death Certificate Accountability Act” on May 29, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on March 18, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 29, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62449
- CBO publication date
- May 29, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2309, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/2309
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of July 14, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
7 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
John Cornyn (R-TX), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Mike Lee (R-UT), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Tim Sheehy (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. John Boozman.
- S.Res. 434 (119th) A resolution expressing support for the designation of October 5 through October 11, 2025, as "National 4-H Week".
- S.Res. 923 (119th) A resolution expressing support for the designation of October 4 through October 10, 2026, as "National 4-H Week".
- S.Res. 830 (119th) A resolution recognizing the 80th anniversary of the Fulbright Program.
- S.Res. 131 (119th) A resolution designating the third week of March 2025 as "National CACFP Week".
- S.Res. 225 (119th) A resolution designating the week of September 14 through September 20, 2025, as "National Truck Driver Appreciation Week".
- S.Res. 656 (119th) A resolution designating the third week of March 2026 as "National CACFP Week".
Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
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