Veteran Education Empowerment Act
The Veteran Education Empowerment Act reauthorizes and expands a federal grant program to help colleges and universities establish and operate Student Veteran Centers. Grants of up to $500,000 over fo…
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Federal legislation · 119th Congress
The Veteran Education Empowerment Act reauthorizes and expands a federal grant program to help colleges and universities establish and operate Student Veteran Centers. Grants of up to $500,000 over fo…
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025 This act requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase the amounts payable for wartime disability compensation, additional…
The Commonsense Legislating Act is an omnibus bill addressing multiple policy areas. It extends the Small Business Administration's FAST program through 2030, enhances outreach to minority institution…
This bill establishes a Medicare buy-in option for certain qualifying first responders. Specifically, the bill allows first responders aged 50 to 64 to enroll in Medicare if they are retired or othe…
The NOPAIN for Veterans Act amends federal law to require the Department of Veterans Affairs to include newly approved non-opioid pain medications in its national formulary within one year of FDA appr…
First Responders' Care Expansion Act of 2025 or the FORCE Act of 2025 This bill provides for Medicare coverage of first responders between the ages of 57 and 64 who do not otherwise already qualify f…
This bill modifies certain pay and eligibility requirements under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) work-study program, including minimum wage and timesheet requirements. The bill expands the…
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase the amounts payable for wartime disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certa…
This bill sets forth policies and authorities for FY2026 for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, military construction, and the national security programs of the Department of Energy…
The STRIVE Act of 2025 amends veterans' healthcare law to prohibit the Department of Veterans Affairs from collecting copayments from veterans more than two years after they received hospital care or…
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish the Zero Suicide Initiative pilot program for the purpose of improving safety and suicide care for veterans. The program must be…
H.R. 5827 is a comprehensive omnibus bill containing multiple titles addressing climate policy, healthcare, election administration, veterans benefits, and other issues. Title I establishes a carbon t…
This bill amends the Board of Veterans' Appeals procedures to clarify its jurisdiction and rules of evidence. It prohibits the Board from denying supplemental claims solely because new and relevant ev…
The FRAUD Act of 2025 directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to implement an information technology system to detect fraud, waste, and abuse in Veterans Health Administration claims. The system wou…
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to implement a five-year pilot program to furnish, under the Veterans Community Care Program, hyperbaric oxygen therapy to veterans with traumatic…
This bill provides that the provision of an urn or commemorative plaque does not prohibit an individual from receiving a headstone or marker or other burial benefits (i.e., interment at a national cem…
This bill amends federal law to require the Secretary of Defense to notify TRICARE beneficiaries of upcoming changes in their TRICARE enrollment requirements. Notifications must be provided electronic…
The Homes for Heroes Act amends federal veterans' housing benefits by increasing the maximum VA housing loan guaranty entitlement from 25 percent to 37.5 percent of the Freddie Mac conforming loan lim…
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide a way for individuals who are entitled to VA educational assistance to electronically send and receive correspondence with the VA…
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and implement a two-year pilot program to furnish, when requested, an appropriate headstone or burial marker to commemorate cove…
or the HPSP Improvement Act of 2025 This bill requires, through FY2027, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure a participant in the Health Professionals Scholarship program receives a cont…
The Territorial Response and Access to Veterans' Essential Lifecare Act or the TRAVEL Act of 2025 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to assign a physician who has been appoi…
Claims Processing Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to plan and implement certain technological improvements to its systems, particularly in relation to the processing of…
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to hire or designate a Regional Breast Cancer and Gynecologic Cancer Care Coordinator for each Veteran Integrated Services Network (i.e., reg…
This bill permanently authorizes certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care professionals to use telemedicine to deliver, distribute, or dispense controlled substances that are prescripti…