# 119-hr-6244: Protecting our Veterans’ Memories Act

119-hr-6244, Protecting our Veterans’ Memories Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6244
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protecting our Veterans’ Memories Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-11-20
- Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Creates a $525 plot and interment allowance for spouses and children of veterans buried in State cemeteries.** This bill would require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay the State, agency, or local owner of a State cemetery that amount for each eligible individual, with the base payment adjustable over time. Eligible individuals include spouses and surviving spouses (including those who remarried), minor children under 21 or under 23 if enrolled in an approved educational institution, and, at the Secretary's discretion, certain unmarried adult children of qualifying veterans. It would take effect on enactment and apply to deaths occurring on or after that date.

## Provisions PRIA read

- State cemetery $525 burial payment: benefit, low. If enacted, the Department of Veterans Affairs would pay $525 to the State, agency, or political subdivision that owns a State cemetery for each eligible person buried there. Eligible people would include a spouse; a surviving spouse (including one who later remarried); a minor child (under 21, or…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-5484: National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2025
- 119-hr-8078: Voter Empowerment Act of 2026
- 119-hr-4714: End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-6244 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6244)

## Related
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-5484: National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5484)
- [119-hr-8078: Voter Empowerment Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8078)
- [119-hr-4714: End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4714)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6244 (as of 2026-04-21).