HR 2721referred119th Congress

Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025

Introduced Apr 8, 2025House billPolicy area: Armed Forces and National SecurityLast action Sep 17, 2025Sponsor: Timothy M. Kennedy(D-NY)

defenseArmed Forces and National Security

Veterans' Affairs CommitteeDisability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee

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Official summaryUpdated Sep 17, 2025

What the bill does

Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2025 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and implement a two-year pilot program to furnish, when requested, an appropriate headstone or burial marker to commemorate covered veterans. Covered veterans are veterans who died on or before November 1, 1990, and were released or discharged from service under conditions other than dishonorable. Currently, these benefits are only available to eligible veterans who died on or after November 1, 1990. The bill requires the VA to update the National Cemetery Administration website with respect to the requirements for eligibility for a headstone or burial marker.

Latest official action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Lobbying Filings

$23.1M

Total Lobbying Spend

Suspicious Trades

Members Involved

Timeline

Apr 8, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Jul 14, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS

Jul 18, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA

Sep 16, 2025vote

Andy Barr voted yea

Sep 16, 2025vote

Julia Brownley voted yea

Sep 16, 2025vote

Ami Bera voted yea

Official Congressional Actions

Sep 17, 2025IntroReferral

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Veterans' Affairs Committee

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Sep 16, 2025Floor

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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Sep 16, 2025Floor

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 413 - 0 (Roll no. 269). (text: 09/16/2026 CR H4286)

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Sep 16, 2025Floor

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4330)

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Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS	DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS	$14.1M	Jul 14, 2025	2025Q2	VET
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA	PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA	$8.9M	Jul 18, 2025	2025Q2	VETMMMTAX

Suspicious Trading Activity

Congress members who traded stocks in companies connected to lobbying on this bill, within 90 days of its introduction date.

No suspicious trade-lobbying connections found for this bill.

Votes on This Bill

Member	Party	Position	Date
Andy Barr	R	yea	Sep 16, 2025
Julia Brownley	D	yea	Sep 16, 2025
Ami Bera	D	yea	Sep 16, 2025
Brian Babin	R	yea	Sep 16, 2025

Methodology: Bill-Lobbying-Trade Connection

CapitolExposed identifies the "bill-lobbying-trade pipeline" by: (1) finding lobbying filings (LD-2) that specifically mention this bill, (2) matching lobbying clients to publicly traded companies, and (3) finding stock trades by members of Congress in those companies within 90 days of the bill's introduction date. Trades made before the bill was introduced are highlighted in red, as they may indicate advance knowledge. This analysis surfaces correlations worthy of scrutiny; it does not prove wrongdoing.