,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #h1 #bjbe,mr4 
,kennedy of ,new ,york introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,veterans ,affairs to establish and     
carry out a pilot program to furnish a  
headstone or burial marker to veterans  
who died on or before ,november #a1     
#aiij1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,honoring ,our ,heroes ,act of      
#bjbe4  #b4 ,department of ,veterans    
,affairs pilot program to furnish       
headstones and burial markers to covered
 veterans  7a7 ,in general ,the         
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs1 acting
 through the ,under ,secretary for      
,memorial ,affairs1 shall establish and 
carry out a pilot program under which   
the ,secretary shall furnish1 when      
requested1 an appropriate headstone or  
burial marker for the purpose of        

commemorating a covered veteran4  7b7   
,applications ,an individual desiring to
 request a headstone or marker for the  
purpose of commemorating a covered      
veteran under such pilot program shall  
submit to the ,secretary an application 
in such time1 in such form1 and         
containing such information and         
assurances as the ,secretary considers  
appropriate4  7c7 ,update to eligibility
 requirements ,during the period the    
authority to carry out the pilot program
 under this section is effective1 the   
,under ,secretary shall update the      
internet website of the ,national       
,cemetery ,administration with respect  
to the requirements for eligibility for 
a headstone or burial marker under the  
laws administered by the ,secretary4    
7d7 ,termination date ,the authority of 
the ,secretary to carry out the pilot   
program under this section shall        
terminate on the date that is two years 
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4  7e7 ,covered veteran defined ,in 

this section1 the term covered veteran  
means a veteran 7as defined in section  
#aja of title #ch1 ,united ,states      
,code7 who died on or before ,november  
#a1 #aiij4