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119-hr-5942119th Congress

National Cemetery Access Act

Sponsored By: Representative Downing, Troy [R-MT-2]

In Committee

Summary

Open national cemeteries on federal holidays. This bill would require every national cemetery managed by the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, or the National Park Service to be open to visitors on the federal public holidays listed in 5 U.S.C. 6103(a).

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1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Open national cemeteries on holidays

If enacted, this bill would require every national cemetery run by the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, or the National Park Service to be open on the federal public holidays listed in 5 U.S.C. 6103(a). That would let families of veterans and other visitors enter those cemeteries on those holidays. The bill does not provide funding, set hours, create enforcement rules, or specify an effective date.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Downing, Troy [R-MT-2]

MT • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 11/7/2025

  • Rep. Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7]

    MI • R

    Sponsored 11/7/2025

  • Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]

    AL • R

    Sponsored 11/7/2025

  • Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]

    MI • R

    Sponsored 11/7/2025

  • Rep. Hunt, Wesley [R-TX-38]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 11/7/2025

  • Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]

    WI • R

    Sponsored 11/7/2025

  • Rep. Wied, Tony [R-WI-8]

    WI • R

    Sponsored 11/7/2025

  • Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6]

    AZ • R

    Sponsored 11/7/2025

  • Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 11/7/2025

  • Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]

    OH • R

    Sponsored 11/7/2025

  • Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]

    AS • R

    Sponsored 11/10/2025

  • Rep. Fedorchak, Julie [R-ND-At Large]

    ND • R

    Sponsored 11/12/2025

  • Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4]

    IN • R

    Sponsored 11/12/2025

  • Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 11/17/2025

  • Rep. Letlow, Julia [R-LA-5]

    LA • R

    Sponsored 11/17/2025

  • Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]

    TN • R

    Sponsored 11/17/2025

  • Rep. Tran, Derek [D-CA-45]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 12/17/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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