Congress honors veterans with annual ceremonial resolution
H.Res. 864 — Honoring the service and sacrifice of America's veterans on Veterans Day, 2025. · Filed by Michael Guest (R-MS) · 100 cosponsors · Introduced Nov 7, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This is a ceremonial House resolution honoring America's veterans on Veterans Day 2025. It recounts the history of Veterans Day, acknowledges that over 41 million Americans have served in the military, and calls on the public to recognize veterans' sacrifice. It has no legal force and creates no new programs, funding, or obligations.
Why we flagged it
This is a standard House resolution expressing honor and support for veterans on Veterans Day. It contains no substantive legislative mechanism, appropriations, or policy change—only ceremonial language and historical recitation.
Who it affects
This is a symbolic resolution with no direct cost or benefit to citizens. It affirms public recognition of veterans' service and implicitly supports continued veteran services, which is a modest civic good. No negative impacts are present.
Named in the bill
US Department of Veterans Affairs, US Census Bureau, US Armed Forces, Congress, House of Representatives
Where it stands
100 cosponsors: 86 Republicans, 14 Democrats.
- Nov 7, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs”
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How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jul 5, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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