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H.R. 647119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security
Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Rudy Yakym (R-IN) · 17 active : 5 Republicans, 12 Democrats
Latest action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 295.
Where it standsBefore the House35 representatives score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- House: next
- Senate: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govEnsuring 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.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs · HouseReported by · Markup by · Hearings by (subcommittee) · Referred to
Subjects
- Cemeteries and funerals
- Veterans' organizations and recognition
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 12Swing 70–100
- 69Middle 30–70
- 19Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
17 activeShow all 17 cosponsors
- Sheri Biggs (R-SC-3)
- Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS-AL)
- Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3)
- Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13)
- Josh Harder (D-CA-9)
- Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3)
- Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2)
- Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR-5)
- Max L. Miller (R-OH-7)
- Susie Lee (D-NV-3)
- Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19)
- Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5)
- Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-6)
- André Carson (D-IN-7)
- Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17)
- Mike Haridopolos (R-FL-8)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
