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…
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 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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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 expands eligibility for and modifies administration of the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship. The scholarship allows individuals who are entitled to Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistan…
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…
The CHOW Act authorizes the Secretary of Defense to conduct a pilot program providing monthly coupons to junior enlisted service members for purchasing food at military commissaries. The pilot would o…
This bill allows veterans and their spouses to use professional licenses obtained in one state when they relocate to another state within 36 months of the veteran's discharge. If a state licensing aut…
Veterans' Assuring Critical Care Expansions to Support Servicemembers (ACCESS) Act of 2025 This bill addresses the administration of the Veterans Community Care Program (VCCP) and other Department of…
This bill amends the TRICARE Young Adult Program to expand eligibility for dependent coverage and eliminate separate premiums for young adults. Specifically, it removes an eligibility restriction and…
This bill amends the TRICARE Young Adult Program to expand eligibility for dependent coverage under the military health system. Specifically, it removes an eligibility restriction (paragraph 3 of sect…
Veterans' Assuring Critical Care Expansions to Support Servicemembers Act of 2025 or the Veterans' ACCESS Act of 2025 This bill addresses the administration of the Veterans Community Care Program (VC…
This bill directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a five-year pilot program that uses the Department of Defense SkillBridge Program to train and hire transitioning servicemembers as Bo…