Veterans’ Cremation Certainty Act of 2025

This bill would let an eligible veteran apply to the Department of Veterans Affairs before death to choose direct cremation and name a crematory or funeral home to provide it. When the veteran dies, the VA would pay that provider directly, up to the amount of the burial benefit the veteran would otherwise receive, and the payment would replace that benefit. Direct cremation includes transporting the body, a basic container or urn, delivering the remains to next of kin or a place of inurnment, and completing the death certificate. The VA would have to issue rules within 120 days, and the change would apply to deaths occurring 180 days or more after the bill becomes law.

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Sponsors

• Andy Biggs Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors