Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Bills & Legislation

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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB201

Introduced
1/23/25  
ACES ActThis bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study and report on the prevalence and mortality of cancers among veterans who served on active duty as aircrew members and regularly flew in fixed-wing aircraft.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB275

Introduced
1/28/25  
Veterans’ Assuring Critical Care Expansions to Support Servicemembers (ACCESS) Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB124

Introduced
1/16/25  
Restore Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability Act of 2025 or the Restore VA Accountability Act of 2025This bill modifies personnel action procedures regarding certain employees and executives of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The bill authorizes the VA to remove from civil service, demote, or suspend VA employees that are supervisors or managers if the VA determines by substantial evidence that the performance or misconduct of such individual warrants such action. This authority does not apply to certain appointees or individuals in their probationary or trial period.Supervisors or managers who are subject to a removal, demotion, or suspension under this bill are entitled to (1) advance notice of the action and supporting evidence, (2) representation by an attorney or representative, and (3) grieve the action in accordance with an internal grievance process.The bill also provides protections from removal, demotion, or suspension for supervisor or managers who are whistleblowers or are seeking corrective action for an alleged prohibited personnel practice such as discrimination.The bill also modifies the procedures to remove, demote, or suspend VA employees or senior executives based on performance or misconduct, specifically by requiring the VA to determine by substantial evidence that the performance or misconduct of the individual warrants such removal, demotion, or suspension. Such procedures must apply retroactively, beginning on the date of enactment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 (June 23, 2017).
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB892

Introduced
3/6/25  
Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB478

Introduced
2/6/25  
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from transmitting certain information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) utilized by licensed importers or dealers of firearms.Specifically, the bill prohibits the VA from transmitting personally identifying information of a veteran or a beneficiary to the NICS solely on the basis that such veteran or beneficiary has an appointed fiduciary to manage their benefits, unless there is an order or finding of a judicial authority that such veteran or beneficiary is a danger to themselves or others.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB410

Introduced
2/5/25  
Love Lives On Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB607

Introduced
2/18/25  
Improving Veteran Access to Care Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB611

Introduced
2/18/25  
Caring for Survivors Act of 2025This bill increases the monthly rate of dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).Dependency and indemnity compensation is a monthly payment made to eligible survivors (i.e., spouses, parents, or children) of (1) certain veterans who died as a result of a service-connected condition; (2) service members killed while on active military duty or active or inactive duty for training; or (3) veterans who did not die from a service-connected condition, but were totally disabled by a service-connected disability for a certain period of time.The bill also (1) reduces, from 10 years to 5 years, the period of time that certain veterans must have been rated totally disabled due to a service-connected disability in order for a survivor to qualify for benefits; and (2) specifies the amount that is payable to survivors of veterans who were rated totally disabled for a period of less than 10 years before their death.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB654

Introduced
2/20/25  
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an external provider scheduling program to assist the Department of Veterans Affairs in scheduling appointments for care and services under the Veterans Community Care Program, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB610

Introduced
2/18/25  
Ensuring VetSuccess On Campus Act of 2025This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that the VetSuccess on Campus (VSOC) program is located in every state. The program supports veterans, servicemembers, and qualified dependents who are transitioning from military service to college life.The VA must ensure that at least one VSOC counselor is located in each state.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB702

Introduced
2/25/25  
Veterans Mental Health and Addiction Therapy Quality of Care Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB787

Introduced
2/27/25  
VetPAC Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB831

Introduced
3/4/25  
REP VA Act Representing VA with Accuracy Act
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Us Congress 2023-2024 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB366

Introduced
1/13/23  
Refer
1/13/23  
Refer
2/8/23  
Report Pass
4/28/23  
Engrossed
5/30/23  
Enrolled
11/7/23  
Passed
11/13/23  
Chaptered
11/13/23  
Korean American Vietnam Allies Long Overdue for Relief Act or the Korean American VALOR Act This bill expands eligibility for specified Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits (e.g., medical and dental care) to certain veterans of the armed forces of South Korea who served in Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, or during a time period determined by the VA. The bill authorizes the VA to furnish such benefits under an existing law, which requires (1) a request by South Korea, and (2) a reciprocity agreement that provides for reimbursement of expenses incurred by the VA for the provision of care.
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Us Congress 2023-2024 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB10

Introduced
1/23/23  
Refer
1/23/23  
VA Clinician Appreciation, Recruitment, Education, Expansion, and Retention Support (CAREERS) Act of 2023 This bill addresses Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) personnel matters and the training, recruitment, and retention of VA health care employees. Among other requirements, the VA must expand various staff training efforts and programs; comply with certain notification and staffing requirements when a VA medical center director is on detail; prescribe a system of pay for individuals appointed as directors of medical centers and directors of Veterans Integrated Service Networks; and establish a consolidated annual leave account for certain VA employees with restored leave during 2020, 2021, and 2022. The bill also authorizes the VA to waive pay limitations for employees of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) who are performing mission critical work; increases the maximum amount of incentive pay for pharmacist executives; modifies the special pay authority for nurse executives and the administration of pay for VA physicians, podiatrists, optometrists, and dentists; authorizes a waiver of certain licensure requirements for psychologists and mental health counselors in certain circumstances; requires the Inspector General of the VA to study and report on the use of direct hire authority, the contributions made by the use of such authority, and any vulnerabilities or inconsistencies with respect to the use of such authority; includes VA police officers as law enforcement officers for purposes of the federal retirement system; and requires the Government Accountability Office to report on human resources modernization conducted by the VHA.