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A bill to require that national cemeteries be open to visitors on legal public holidays.

To require that national cemeteries be open to visitors on legal public holidays.

Introduced May 22, 2025

Latest action (May 22, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Referred to
Veterans' Affairs Committee
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Issues
Defense

Summary

This bill requires that national cemeteries administered by the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, and National Park Service be open to visitors on all federal legal public holidays. The bill ensures public access to these cemeteries on dates such as Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Independence Day, and other federally recognized holidays.

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

Actions (2)
  1. May 22, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · senate
  2. May 22, 2025 Introduced in Senate

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.

  • HR 5942 — National Cemetery Access Act · Introduced Nov 17, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%
  • HR 6603 — Our Parks Act · Introduced Dec 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 56%
  • HR 7089 — PARK Act · Introduced Jan 15, 2026 · Cong. 119 55%
  • S 3429 — Encouraging Public Service in Our National Parks and Public Land Act · Introduced Dec 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 54%
  • HR 2078 — Bertie’s Respect for National Cemeteries Act · Introduced Mar 31, 2025 · Cong. 119 53%
  • HR 9282 — Encouraging Public Service in Our National Parks and Public Land Act · Introduced Jun 11, 2026 · Cong. 119 51%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 22, 2025

Mr. Daines introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs

A BILL

To require that national cemeteries be open to visitors on legal public holidays.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NATIONAL CEMETERIES OPEN ON LEGAL PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

Each national cemetery administered by the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, or the National Park Service shall be open to visitors on the legal public holidays described in section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code. <all>

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