Veteran Burial Timeliness and Death Certificate Accountability Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4398 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4398 To direct a physician or nurse practitioner employed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certify the death of a veteran not later than 48 hours after such physician or nurse practitioner learns of such death, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 15, 2025 Mr. Emmer (for himself, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Latta, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Self, Ms. Tenney, Mr. LaLota, Mr. Womack, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Alford, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Patronis, Mr. Mackenzie, Ms. McBride, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Owens, Mr. Costa, Mr. Calvert, Mrs. Kim, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Fry, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Wied, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Moylan, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Rose, Mr. Strong, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Steil, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Feenstra, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Tiffany, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Flood, Mr. Moore of West Virginia, and Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct a physician or nurse practitioner employed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certify the death of a veteran not later than 48 hours after such physician or nurse practitioner learns of such death, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Veteran Burial Timeliness and Death Certificate Accountability Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) States and counties have reported significant delays in the signing of death certificates for v