HR 9006 Re-checks Congress.gov for new actions and updates the bill's status, and fills in any sponsors, committees, or related bills that are missing. It does not re-pull sponsors/cosponsors/committees/related — those rarely change — and it skips all work if nothing has changed upstream, so it's cheap to click.
Locating Our Unclaimed Veterans Act
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a centralized portal within the Department of Veterans Affairs for the storage of information with respect to the unclaimed remains of veterans, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a centralized system to store information about unclaimed remains of veterans.
- The system will collect information from coroners, state governments, and funeral homes about suspected unclaimed veteran remains.
- The system will store veteran names, fingerprints, estimated age at death, and other identifying information to help confirm veteran status.
- The Secretary of Veterans Affairs can request data from other federal agencies including the Social Security Administration, FBI, and Department of Defense to help identify unclaimed remains.
- The Secretary must submit annual reports to Congress for three years on the system's implementation, outreach activities, and number of remains successfully identified.
- The system will expire three fiscal years after the bill is enacted.
AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.
Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to David G. Valadao’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for David G. Valadao → · Outside spending →
Actions (6)
- Jun 30, 2026 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote. · house
- Jun 30, 2026 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Jun 25, 2026 Subcommittee Hearings Held · house
- Jun 22, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. · house
- May 21, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · house
- May 21, 2026 Introduced in House
Similar bills (6)
Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.
Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 21, 2026
Mr. Valadao introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a centralized portal within the Department of Veterans Affairs for the storage of information with respect to the unclaimed remains of veterans, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Locating Our Unclaimed Veterans Act”.
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS SYSTEM FOR STORAGE OF INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO UNCLAIMED REMAINS OF VETERANS.
(a) Process for Storage and Evaluation of Unclaimed Remains Received by the Secretary.—
(1) In general.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, acting through the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Benefits, shall establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a centralized system to store information with respect to the unclaimed remains of veterans. Such system shall include—
(A) information with respect to unclaimed human remains suspected to be the remains of a veteran transmitted to the Department from—
(i) coroners;
(ii) State governments; and
(iii) funeral homes; and
(B) with respect to unclaimed remains of a veteran in the possession of the Secretary—
(i) the name of the veteran, if available;
(ii) fingerprints of the veteran, if available;
(iii) the estimated age of the veteran at death, if determinable; and
(iv) such identifiers as the Secretary determines necessary to make reasonable efforts to confirm veteran status of such unclaimed remains and identify suitable next-of-kin, to the extent practicable.
(2) Memoranda of understanding.—
(A) Existing memoranda.—In developing the system required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, pursuant to applicable memoranda of understanding with respect to data sharing in effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act, request such other information from the following Federal agencies as the Secretary determines relevant to efforts to identify unclaimed remains of veterans:
(i) The Social Security Administration.
(ii) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(iii) The Department of Defense.
(B) Supplemental memoranda.—The Secretary may seek to enter into such memoranda of understanding with the heads of Federal agencies, or seek to modify the memoranda of understanding described in subparagraph
(A), as the Secretary determines necessary for identifying whether unclaimed remains in the possession of the Secretary are the remains of a veteran.
(C) Consideration.—In making a request for information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation pursuant to a memorandum of understanding described in subparagraph (A) or (B), the Secretary shall consider information collected and maintained under the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System.
(b) Termination Date.—This section shall expire on the last day of the third fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Report.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and on an annual basis thereafter for three years, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the system required under subsection (a) that includes—
(1) a summary of the implementation of such system;
(2) a description of outreach activities carried out pursuant to such implementation; and
(3) the total number of unclaimed remains of veterans successfully identified using such system during the period covered by the report. <all>
Comments