Hawaiʻi veterans would get local national cemetery burial options
This bill would require the government to create a new national cemetery in Hawaiʻi. Currently, veterans in Hawaiʻi who want an inground national cemetery burial must travel at least 2,500 miles. This new cemetery would provide a local option for veterans and their eligible family members.
Today, veterans and eligible family members in Hawaiʻi who want an inground burial in a national cemetery must travel at least 2,500 miles because the only national cemetery there has been closed to casketed burials since 1991. If this bill becomes law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs would be required to establish a new national cemetery in Hawaiʻi, providing local inground burial options and increasing access to national burial benefits in the Pacific.
S 3613 · 119th Congress · January 12, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 8/10
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