Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2025
Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2025
American Patriots of WWII through Service with the Canadian and British Armed Forces Gold Medal Act of 2025
To provide that members of the Armed Forces performing services in Kenya, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Chad shall be entitled to tax benefits in the same manner as if such services were performed in a combat zone.
MIDWIVES for Service Members Act of 2025 Maternal and Infant Delivery Wellness and Integration with Vital Expertise Support for Service Members Act of 2025
Expressing support for the designation of June 19, 2025, as "Veterans of the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces Day".
Community News and Small Business Support Act
To direct the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy to treat obesity as a disease and reduce the prevalence of obesity in certain Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Combat Veterans Pre-Enrollment Act of 2025This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a program to carry out all activities necessary to permit certain members of the Armed Forces to elect to enroll in the VA health care system on the date of separation of such members from active service. Specifically, the program is for those who served on active duty in a theater of combat operations during a period of war after the Persian Gulf War or in combat against a hostile force during a period of hostilities after November 11, 1998.The VA must, in conjunction with the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Homeland Security, establish a mechanism to permit a member of the Armed Forces to elect to pre-enroll in the VA health care system during the 180-day period preceding the date of separation of the member from active service.The VA-DOD Joint Executive Committee must brief Congress on the efforts to implement such a mechanism under the program.The Government Accountability Office must report on the program and include recommendations with respect to methods to improve the program.
Troops Before Politicians ActThis bill withholds the pay of Members of Congress if active service members of the Armed Forces are not receiving pay, including as a result of a lapse in appropriations (i.e., a government shutdown). The withheld pay of Members must be deposited into an escrow account and released when the military lapse in pay ends.