Veteran Burial Timeliness and Death Certificate Accountability Act
Sponsored By: Representative Emmer
In Committee
Summary
48-hour certification deadline for VA clinicians to sign death certificates for veterans who die of natural causes, plus annual reports tracking compliance and reasons for delays. The bill aims to reduce long waits that block burials and survivor benefits.
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Faster death certificates for veterans
This bill would require a VA doctor or nurse practitioner who was the veteran’s primary care provider to sign the death certificate within 48 hours after learning the veteran died of natural causes. If the VA provider could not meet the 48-hour window, the local coroner or medical examiner could sign instead. The VA would have to report to Congress one year after enactment and every year after on compliance: the share that met 48 hours, the number that did not, and the most common reasons. If passed, this could speed burials and help survivors start benefits and claims sooner.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Emmer
MN • R
Cosponsors
Reschenthaler
PA • R
Sponsored 7/15/2025
Garbarino
NY • R
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DesJarlais
TN • R
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Latta
OH • R
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Malliotakis
NY • R
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Self
TX • R
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Tenney
NY • R
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LaLota
NY • R
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Womack
AR • R
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Salazar
FL • R
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Stauber
MN • R
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Alford
MO • R
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Aderholt
AL • R
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Van Orden
WI • R
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Taylor
OH • R
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Lawler
NY • R
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Fulcher
ID • R
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Crenshaw
TX • R
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Bacon
NE • R
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Newhouse
WA • R
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Patronis
FL • R
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Mackenzie
PA • R
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McBride
DE • D
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Finstad
MN • R
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Owens
UT • R
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Costa
CA • D
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Calvert
CA • R
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Kim
CA • R
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Nehls
TX • R
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Moulton
MA • D
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Fry
SC • R
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Gooden
TX • R
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Wied
WI • R
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Williams (TX)
TX • R
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Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large]
GU • R
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Tokuda
HI • D
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Ciscomani
AZ • R
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Rose
TN • R
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Strong
AL • R
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Guthrie
KY • R
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Steil
WI • R
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Moolenaar
MI • R
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Feenstra
IA • R
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Fischbach
MN • R
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Tiffany
WI • R
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Van Duyne
TX • R
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Flood
NE • R
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Moore (WV)
WV • R
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Hamadeh (AZ)
AZ • R
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Mast
FL • R
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Cole
OK • R
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Goldman (TX)
TX • R
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Pfluger
TX • R
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Carson
IN • D
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Fine
FL • R
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Omar
MN • D
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Suozzi
NY • D
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Crawford
AR • R
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Mann
KS • R
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Carter (GA)
GA • R
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Harder (CA)
CA • D
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Hurd (CO)
CO • R
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Wittman
VA • R
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Gray
CA • D
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Wilson (SC)
SC • R
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Crane
AZ • R
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Garcia (IL)
IL • D
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Thompson (PA)
PA • R
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Obernolte
CA • R
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Ocasio-Cortez
NY • D
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Brown
OH • D
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Sewell
AL • D
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Balint
VT • D
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Hageman
WY • R
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Moore (AL)
AL • R
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Lee (NV)
NV • D
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Lee (FL)
FL • R
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Houlahan
PA • D
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Subramanyam
VA • D
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Harrigan
NC • R
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Smith (NE)
NE • R
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Vindman
VA • D
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Grothman
WI • R
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McGuire
VA • R
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Knott
NC • R
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Deluzio
PA • D
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Luna
FL • R
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Hinson
IA • R
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McDowell
NC • R
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Hunt
TX • R
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Biggs (SC)
SC • R
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Stefanik
NY • R
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Turner (OH)
OH • R
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Loudermilk
GA • R
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Kean
NJ • R
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Miller (OH)
OH • R
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Barrett
MI • R
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Carey
OH • R
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Gillen
NY • D
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Evans (CO)
CO • R
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Messmer
IN • R
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Perez
WA • D
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Harris (MD)
MD • R
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McCormick
GA • R
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Nadler
NY • D
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Cline
VA • R
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Fitzgerald
WI • R
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Meng
NY • D
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Neguse
CO • D
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Carbajal
CA • D
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Whitesides
CA • D
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Riley (NY)
NY • D
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McCaul
TX • R
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Landsman
OH • D
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Davis (NC)
NC • D
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McDonald Rivet
MI • D
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Mace
SC • R
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Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]
AS • R
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Franklin, Scott
FL • R
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Begich
AK • R
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