HR 647introduced119th Congress

Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025

Introduced Jan 23, 2025House billPolicy area: Armed Forces and National SecurityLast action Oct 17, 2025Sponsor: Rudy Yakym III(R-IN)

defenseArmed Forces and National Security

Veterans' Affairs CommitteeDisability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee

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Official summaryUpdated Oct 17, 2025

What the bill does

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.

Latest official action

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 295.

Lobbying Filings

$56.1M

Total Lobbying Spend

Suspicious Trades

Members Involved

Timeline

Jan 23, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Apr 15, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS

Apr 16, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA

Jul 14, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS

Jul 18, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA

Jul 18, 2025lobbying

Official Congressional Actions

Oct 17, 2025Calendars

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 295.

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Oct 17, 2025Committee

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-343.

Veterans' Affairs Committee

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Oct 17, 2025Committee

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-343.

Veterans' Affairs Committee

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May 6, 2025Committee

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Veterans' Affairs Committee

Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS	DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS	$14.1M	Jul 14, 2025	2025Q2	VET
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS	DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS	$14.1M	Apr 15, 2025	2025Q1	VET
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA	PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA	$8.9M	Jul 18, 2025

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.

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.