Limits the authority to reverse decisions on burial or memorial honors in national cemeteries to decisions made on or after June 18, 1973, and updates how tier III sex offender status is defined.

Official title: RESPECT Act of 2025

Next stop Senate floor: awaiting a vote

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Senate

Introduced 16-SEP-2025

Referred 16-SEP-2025

Approved by committee 18-MAR-2026

Key points

Applies the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Secretary of the Army reconsideration authority only to decisions made on or after June 18, 1973.
Replaces the reference to tier III sex offender status under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act with the definition in section 111 of that Act (34 U.S.C. 20911).
Repeals subsection (c) of section 2 of the Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act (Public Law 113-65).

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Policy area

Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor John Cornyn (R-TX) Cosponsors · 5

■ 3 D■ 2 R

3 Democrats

2 Republicans

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