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Dennis and Lois Krisfalusy Act
This bill expands eligibility for a memorial headstone or marker for the spouse, surviving spouse, child, or dependent of a veteran or member of the Armed Forces. Currently, for individuals whose remains are unavailable, such benefit is only available for individuals who died on or after November 11, 1998. The bill makes such individuals eligible regardless of the date they died.
People & committees
Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy [R-PA-14] · R–PA
Legislative record
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Subcommittee Hearings Held
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Source last updated: Sep 19, 2026. Consult Congress.gov for the current record.
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-13 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Dennis and Lois Krisfalusy Act would expand eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs headstones, grave markers, and burial receptacles by removing a date-of-death condition from two eligibility provisions. The bill does not reproduce those provisions, so the supplied text does not fully identify which people would become eligible or what other requirements would remain.
This Act may be cited as the Dennis and Lois Krisfalusy Act.
Expansion of eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs headstones, markers, and burial receptacles for certain individuals
Section 2306(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended in subparagraphs (B) and (C) by striking who dies on or after November 11, 1998, each place it appears.
Section 2 would delete “who dies on or after November 11, 1998,” wherever it appears in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 2306(b)(2) of title 38 of the United States Code. This is a proposed change to existing law.
Section 2306(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended in subparagraphs (B) and (C) by striking who dies on or after November 11, 1998, each place it appears.
The supplied action snapshot, updated September 19, 2026, records introduction and referral to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on February 13, 2025; referral to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs on March 21; and subcommittee hearings on March 26, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-19T23:29:55Z. 2025-03-26: Subcommittee Hearings Held 2025-03-21: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. 2025-02-13: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2025-02-13: Introduced in House
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-02-13. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy change attached to appropriations was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
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Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No materially narrow preferential exception distinct from the bill's eligibility policy was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version; the missing underlying statutory language limits assessment of the affected population.
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