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To enhance the transparency of the National Cemetery Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to enhance transparency of the National Cemetery Administration by publishing interment schedule availability for each cemetery on the NCA's public website. The Secretary must make a spreadsheet or similar document showing the most recent interment schedule availability available within 120 days and update it every 30 days. The Secretary must propose a definition of "interment schedule availability" within 60 days and submit a report on historical data within one year. The bill also expresses that the NCA should continue participating in the American Customer Satisfaction Index survey and requires the Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs to notify Congress before any non-participation or changes to the survey methodology. The bill directs continued administration and publication of NCA customer service surveys.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] (R-SD)
1 cosponsor
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Mike Rounds’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $30,350
- NULL $26,450
- APOLLO $19,250
- ROCKET MORTGAGE $15,700
- APOLLO MGMT. $13,200
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Actions (2)
- Jul 31, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · senate
- Jul 31, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 31, 2025
Mr. Rounds (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To enhance the transparency of the National Cemetery Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 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 “Honest Operations for National Cemetery Reporting Act of 2025” or the “HONOR Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. INTERMENT SCHEDULE AVAILABILITY AT CEMETERIES UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION.
(a) In General.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall maintain, on the publicly accessible website landing page of the National Cemetery Administration, a spreadsheet or similar document displaying the most recent interment schedule availability for each operational cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration.
(b) Implementation.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall—
(1) not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, make the spreadsheet or similar document described in subsection (b) available as required by such subsection; and
(2) once every 30 days thereafter, update such spreadsheet or similar document.
(c) Definition of Interment Schedule Availability.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a proposed definition for the term “interment schedule availability” that—
(1) generally means the number of business days between the establishment of a case for a deceased individual and the first availability for the interment of the individual; and
(2) takes into account the ability to meet the family’s preferred dates, days of the week, and times for scheduling the interment.
(d) Report on Historical Data.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a report on data for interment schedule availability during the five-year period ending on the date on which the report is submitted.
SEC. 3. CUSTOMER SERVICE SURVEYS.
(a) American Customer Satisfaction Index Survey.—
(1) Sense of congress.—It is the sense of Congress that the National Cemetery Administration should continue to participate in the American Customer Satisfaction Index survey.
(2) Notice to congress.—Not later than 30 days before the date on which the National Cemetery Administration does not participate in an American Customer Satisfaction Index survey, the Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall notify Congress of such non- participation.
(b) National Cemetery Administration Surveys.—
(1) In general.—The Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs shall continue to—
(A) administer the customer service survey of the National Cemetery Administration to veterans, families, and funeral homes through ongoing survey activities; and
(B) publish the results of such survey.
(2) Submittal to congress.—Not later than 30 days before the date on which any change is made to the survey described in paragraph (1), including with respect to methodology, participants, or scope, the Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs shall submit to Congress a description of such change. <all>
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