To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a centralized portal within the Department of Veterans Affairs for the storage of information with respect to the unclaimed remains of veterans, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9006 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9006 To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a centralized portal within the Department of Veterans Affairs for the storage of information with respect to the unclaimed remains of veterans, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 21, 2026 Mr. Valadao introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a centralized portal within the Department of Veterans Affairs for the storage of information with respect to the unclaimed remains of veterans, 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 ``Locating Our Unclaimed Veterans Act''. SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS SYSTEM FOR STORAGE OF INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO UNCLAIMED REMAINS OF VETERANS. (a) Process for Storage and Evaluation of Unclaimed Remains Received by the Secretary.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, acting through the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Benefits, shall establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a centralized system to store information with respect to the unclaimed remains of veterans. Such system shall include-- (A) information with respect to unclaimed human remains suspected to be the remains of a veteran transmitted to the Department from-- (i) coroners; (ii) State governments; and (iii) funeral homes; and (B) with respect to unclaimed remains of a veteran in the possession of the Secretary-- (i) the name of the veteran, if available; (ii) fingerprints of the veteran, if available;