HR 4284: Small Cemetery Conveyance Act
SponsorsCosponsors
None
Introduced on
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025
Subjects
Cemeteries and funerals, Land transfers, Land use and conservation
None
Introduced on
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025
Subjects
Cemeteries and funerals, Land transfers, Land use and conservation
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026
This bill provides FY2026 appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for activities and programs related to military construction, veterans, agriculture, and the legislative branch.
Specifically, the bill includes 3 of the 12 regular FY2026 appropriations bills:
The departments, agencies, and activities funded in the bill include
(Pursuant to the longstanding practice of each chamber of Congress determining its own requirements, funds for the House of Representatives are not included in the Senate bill.)
The bill also sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.
John Carter (R) TX
CosponsorsNone
Introduced on
Thursday, June 12th, 2025
Subjects
Abortion, Alaska, Alaska Natives and Hawaiians, Alliances, Alternative and renewable resources, American Battle Monuments Commission, Animal protection and human-animal relationships, Appropriations, Armed Forces Retirement Home, Building construction, Cancer, Cardiovascular and respiratory health, Caribbean area, Cemeteries and funerals, Climate change and greenhouse gases, Collective security, Computers and information technology, Congressional oversight, Congressional-executive branch relations
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.
None
Introduced on
Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
Subjects
Cemeteries and funerals, Government information and archives, Internet, web applications, social media, Veterans' organizations and recognition
Introduced on
Friday, March 14th, 2025
Subjects
Cemeteries and funerals, Texas, Veterans' organizations and recognition
Dennis and Lois Krisfalusy Act
This bill expands eligibility for a memorial headstone or marker for the spouse, surviving spouse, child, or dependent of a veteran or member of the Armed Forces. Currently, for individuals whose remains are unavailable, such benefit is only available for individuals who died on or after November 11, 1998. The bill makes such individuals eligible regardless of the date they died.
Daniel Meuser (R) PA, Glenn Thompson (R) PA, Mike Kelly (R) PA, Christopher Deluzio (D) PA, Julia Brownley (D) CA
Introduced on
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
Subjects
Cemeteries and funerals, Veterans' organizations and recognition
Dignity for Aborted Children Act
This bill establishes requirements for abortion providers with respect to the disposal of human fetal tissue from an abortion.
Specifically, it requires abortion providers to obtain a patient’s informed consent for one of two specified methods of disposition and to retain the corresponding documentation in the patient’s file.
First, patients may choose to retain possession of the tissue. A patient may choose to transfer the tissue to an entity that provides interment or cremation services.
Second, patients may choose to release the tissue to the provider. Providers must ensure any tissue released to them is interred or cremated within seven days of the procedure in a manner consistent with state law regarding the disposal of human remains.
Abortion providers must submit reports annually to the Department of Health and Human Services about these requirements and other specified information.
The bill establishes civil penalties for violations of the requirement to retain documentation of informed consent, and it establishes criminal penalties for violations of the requirement regarding the disposal of human fetal tissue.
Mary Miller (R) IL
CosponsorsBrian Babin (R) TX, Barry Moore (R) AL, Riley Moore (R) WV, Andrew Ogles (R) TN, Daniel Webster (R) FL, Andy Harris (R) MD, Randy Weber (R) TX
Introduced on
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
Subjects
Abortion, Cemeteries and funerals, Census and government statistics, Civil actions and liability, Congressional oversight, Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation, Health information and medical records, Health personnel
Dignity for Aborted Children Act
This bill establishes requirements for abortion providers with respect to the disposal of human fetal tissue from an abortion.
Specifically, it requires abortion providers to obtain a patient’s informed consent for one of two specified methods of disposition and to retain the corresponding documentation in the patient’s file.
First, patients may choose to retain possession of the tissue. A patient may choose to transfer the tissue to an entity that provides interment or cremation services.
Second, patients may choose to release the tissue to the provider. Providers must ensure any tissue released to them is interred or cremated within seven days of the procedure in a manner consistent with state law regarding the disposal of human remains.
Abortion providers must submit reports annually to the Department of Health and Human Services about these requirements and other specified information.
The bill establishes civil penalties for violations of the requirement to retain documentation of informed consent, and it establishes criminal penalties for violations of the requirement regarding the disposal of human fetal tissue.
Pete Ricketts (R) NE
CosponsorsJames Lankford (R) OK, Tim Sheehy (R) MT, Jim Banks (R) IN, Steve Daines (R) MT, James Risch (R) ID, Mike Rounds (R) SD, Roger Wicker (R) MS, Eric Schmitt (R) MO, James Justice (R) WV, Thomas Tillis (R) NC, Josh Hawley (R) MO
Introduced on
Friday, January 24th, 2025
Subjects
Abortion, Cemeteries and funerals, Census and government statistics, Civil actions and liability, Congressional oversight, Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation, Health information and medical records, Health personnel
Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025
This bill provides that the provision of an urn or commemorative plaque does not prohibit an individual from receiving a headstone or marker or other burial benefits (i.e., interment at a national cemetery) from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Under current law, individuals who request an urn or plaque do so in lieu of being furnished a headstone or burial benefit.
Rudy Yakym (R) IN
CosponsorsSheri Biggs (R) SC
Introduced on
Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
Subjects
Cemeteries and funerals, Veterans' organizations and recognition
This concurrent resolution authorizes the Capitol rotunda to be used for the lying in state of the remains of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States. The lying in state shall take place from January 7, 2025, until January 9, 2025.
Amy Klobuchar (D) MN
CosponsorsDeb Fischer (R) NE
Introduced on
Friday, January 3rd, 2025
Subjects
Cemeteries and funerals, Congressional tributes, Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents, U.S. Capitol