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The bill establishes a shared national hymn as a symbolic civic gesture while producing no substantive policy or budgetary changes and only minimal administrative impact.
All Americans will have an official national hymn for civic and ceremonial occasions, creating a shared cultural symbol.
The designation is purely symbolic with no policy or funding benefits and only negligible administrative costs to Congress and code editors.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Designates "Here Rests in Honored Glory" by Donald B. Miller as the national hymn and adds the designation to title 36 of the U.S. Code.
Official title: To amend title 36, United States Code, to designate the composition known as "Here Rests in Honored Glory" by Donald B. Miller as the national hymn of the United States.
Introduced November 20, 2025 by Virginia Ann Foxx · Last progress November 20, 2025
Designates the composition "Here Rests in Honored Glory," words and music by Donald B. Miller, as the national hymn of the United States by adding a new section to title 36 of the U.S. Code and updating the table of sections. It is a short, ceremonial change establishing an official national hymn for use in federal and public contexts.