Senate Bill
S. 3126
Fair Credit for Farmers Act of 2025
Primary Sponsor
Peter Welch
Senator
Cosponsors
8
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The Fair Credit for Farmers Act of 2025 would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones, markers, or medallions to all Medal of Honor recipients, regardless of when they served. Currently, only recipients who served after 1917 are eligible for these military honors.
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Became Public Law No: 118-134.
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Fair Credit for Farmers Act of 2025
The Fair Credit for Farmers Act of 2025 would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones, markers, or medallions to all Medal of Honor recipients, regardless of when they served. Currently, only recipients who served after 1917 are eligible
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The Fair Credit for Farmers Act of 2025 would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones, markers, or medallions to all Medal of Honor recipients, regardless of when they served. Currently, only recipients who served after 1917 are eligible for these military honors.
- Bill Number
- 3126
- Sponsor
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Introduced
- 11/6/2025
- Status
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- Policy Area
- Armed Forces and National Security
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Fact Sheet
- Title
- Fair Credit for Farmers Act of 2025
- Bill Number
- 3126
- Sponsor
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Status
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- Introduced
- 11/6/2025
- Summary
- The Fair Credit for Farmers Act of 2025 would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide headstones, markers, or medallions to all Medal of Honor recipients, regardless of when they served. Currently, only recipients who served after 1917 are eligible for these military honors.
Data from Congress.gov
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