S 3613 · 119th Congress

Hawai‘i National Cemetery Act

This bill requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to build a new national cemetery in Hawaii. Right now, Hawaii only has one national cemetery—the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific—which stopped accepting casket burials in 1991 and will stop accepting cremated remains by 2036. This creates a real problem…

Sponsor

Hirono, Mazie K. (D-Hawaii)

Introduced

2026-01-12

Policy area

Armed Forces and National Security

Latest action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.