HR 7260
National Cemetery Administration Annual Report Act of 2026
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Bill overview
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to submit an annual report to Congress detailing the activities of the National Cemetery Administration. The report will include data on interments, customer satisfaction, cemetery locations, burial options, memorial certificates, construction projects, grants, and other relevant information. The information will be made available online for public access.
Key provisions
- Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit an annual report to Congress on the National Cemetery Administration.
- The report must include data on interments, disaggregated by cemetery and eligible person category.
- The report must assess customer satisfaction at national cemeteries.
- The report must include a map of national and veterans’ cemeteries.
- The report must detail burial options available at national cemeteries.
- The report must summarize major and planned construction projects.
- The report must outline grants made to states, counties, and tribal organizations.
- The report must include data on unclaimed veteran remains interred.
Who is affected
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Veterans
- Families of Veterans
- National Cemetery Administration
- State and County Governments
Notable changes
- Establishes a mandatory annual reporting requirement for the National Cemetery Administration.
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119th CONGRESS — 2d Session
H. R. 7260
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress an annual report on the National Cemetery Administration, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the National Cemetery Administration Annual Report Act of 2026
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the total number of interments of remains carried out by the Secretary, disaggregated by—
each open national cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration in which remains were interred;
each category of eligible person described in paragraphs (1) through (10) of section 2402(a) of this title; and
interments of—
casketed remains; and
cremated remains;
an assessment of the level of customer satisfaction achieved by the Administration;
a map of each—
national cemetery under the control of the Administration; and
veterans’ cemetery owned by a State or county or on trust land owned by, or held in trust for, a tribal organization in receipt of a grant under section 2408 of this title;
a description of each open national cemetery under the control of the Administration that includes information with respect to burial options available to persons eligible for interment in such a national cemetery;
the number of Presidential memorial certificates, headstones, burial markers, and medallions furnished by the Administration, disaggregated by—
cemetery location;
a description of each planned major construction project and minor construction project on a national cemetery under the control of the Administration that is intended to be carried out during the first fiscal year beginning after such period;
a description of each grant made during such period under—
section 2408 of this title; and
section 1 of Public Law 116–107;
for each grant described in paragraph (10), a summary of—
the recipient of such grant;
the amount of such grant; and
the purposes for which such grant is or will be used; and
any other matters that the Secretary determines appropriate.
The Secretary shall make each report submitted pursuant to subsection (a) available, in digital form, on a public internet website of the Department.
The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2414 the following new item: