118th Congress Armed Forces and National Security
H.R. 10395: Honoring Our Heroes Act of 2024
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Summary
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.
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History
- Introduced in the House by Timothy Kennedy.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.