# 119-hr-5931: Veterans’ Cremation Certainty Act of 2025

119-hr-5931, Veterans’ Cremation Certainty Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5931
- As of: 2026-04-21
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5931
- Congress: 119
- Title: Veterans’ Cremation Certainty Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-11-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Directly funds veterans' chosen direct cremation by making the Department of Veterans Affairs the payer to cremation providers.** The bill would let eligible veterans name a direct cremation provider on a pre-need application and have the VA pay up to the corresponding burial benefit amount in place of that benefit.

## Provisions PRIA read

- VA pays direct cremation for veterans: benefit, medium. This bill would let the VA pay a cremation provider for a veteran's direct cremation. The veteran would need to file a pre-death application and name the provider. The payment would replace the burial benefit and could not exceed the amounts allowed under existing burial rules. VA would have to iss…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-25: FairTax Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9200: Secure the Border Act of 2026
- 119-hr-624: RIFLE Act of 2025
- 119-hr-8206: Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-6225: PAUSE Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1897: ESA Amendments Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-5931 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5931)

## Related
- [119-hr-25: FairTax Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-25)
- [119-hr-9200: Secure the Border Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9200)
- [119-hr-624: RIFLE Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-624)
- [119-hr-8206: Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8206)
- [119-hr-6225: PAUSE Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6225)
- [119-hr-1897: ESA Amendments Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1897)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5931 (as of 2026-04-21).