Captain Paul W. 'Bud' Bucha VA Medical Center Act of 2025 [S.2682]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
[Public Safety ]
A bill to designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in West Haven, Connecticut, as the "Captain Paul W. 'Bud' Bucha VA Medical Center".
S.2682: Captain Paul W. 'Bud' Bucha VA Medical Center Act of 2025
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Received In The House. on 08/08/2025
Hire Student Veterans Act [S.2494]
[Veterans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Taxes ]
[Military ]
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide the work opportunity tax credit with respect to hiring veterans who are receiving educational assistance under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or Defense.
S.2494: Hire Student Veterans Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Jerry Moran
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/29/2025
Captain Paul W. Bud Bucha VA Medical Center Act of 2025 [HB-4647]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
[Public Safety ]
To designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in West Haven, Connecticut, as the "Captain Paul W. 'Bud' Bucha VA Medical Center".
HB-4647: Captain Paul W. Bud Bucha VA Medical Center Act of 2025
Sponsored by: Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro
Introduced In House on 07/23/2025
Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025 [S.2392]
[Veterans ]
[Disabilities ]
[Military ]
[Social Security ]
A bill to increase, effective as of December 1, 2025, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
S.2392: Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Ordered To Be Reported Without Amendment Favorably. on 07/30/2025
Veterans’ Surviving Spouse Equity Act of 2025 [HB-4637]
[Veterans ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for certain benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans rated totally disabled at death to certain surviving spouses.
HB-4637: Veterans’ Surviving Spouse Equity Act of 2025
Sponsored by: Rep. Julia Brownley
Introduced In House on 07/23/2025
Military Learning for Credit Act of 2025 [HB-4594]
[Veterans ]
[Education ]
To authorize the use of veterans educational assistance for examinations and assessments to receive credit toward degrees awarded by institutions of higher learning, and for other purposes.
HB-4594: Military Learning for Credit Act of 2025
Sponsored by: Rep. Elise Stefanik
Introduced In House on 07/22/2025
Health Records Enhancement Act [S.2333]
[Defense ]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
A bill to require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit supplementation of health records of deceased veterans, and for other purposes.
S.2333: Health Records Enhancement Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Peter Welch
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 07/17/2025
Military Family GI Bill Promise Act [HB-4540]
[Veterans ]
[Education ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the ability of an individual entitled to Post-9/11 education benefits to transfer such benefits to dependents.
HB-4540: Military Family GI Bill Promise Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Felix Barry Moore
Introduced In House on 07/17/2025
Military Learning for Credit Act of 2025 [S.2328]
[Veterans ]
[Education ]
A bill to authorize the use of veterans educational assistance for examinations and assessments to receive credit toward degrees awarded by institutions of higher learning, and for other purposes.
S.2328: Military Learning for Credit Act of 2025
Sponsored by: Sen. Christopher A. Coons
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 07/17/2025
Waste and Illegal Property Eradication (WIPE) Act [S.2334]
[Defense ]
[Funding ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Military ]
A bill to authorize the use of expeditionary solid waste disposal systems by the Department of Defense and to provide funding for solid waste disposal systems, with an offset, and for other purposes.
S.2334: Waste and Illegal Property Eradication (WIPE) Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 07/17/2025
Veteran Burial Timeliness and Death Certificate Accountability Act [S.2309]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
A bill to direct a physician or nurse practitioner employed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certify the death of a veteran not later than 48 hours after such physician or nurse practitioner learns of such death, and for other purposes.
S.2309: Veteran Burial Timeliness and Death Certificate Accountability Act
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cornyn
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 07/16/2025
SR-322: A resolution expressing support for the designation of the month of June 2025 as "National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month" and June 27, 2025, as "National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day".
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S4373: 3; Text: Cr S4372: 1) on 07/15/2025
You have voted SR-322: A resolution expressing support for the designation of the month of June 2025 as "National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month" and June 27, 2025, as "National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day"..
Veteran Burial Timeliness and Death Certificate Accountability Act [HB-4398]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
To direct a physician or nurse practitioner employed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certify the death of a veteran not later than 48 hours after such physician or nurse practitioner learns of such death, and for other purposes.
HB-4398: Veteran Burial Timeliness and Death Certificate Accountability Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert J. Wittman
Introduced In House on 07/15/2025
Counternarcotics Enhancement Act [S.2242]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[International ]
[Crime ]
A bill to require the Director of National Intelligence to submit an action plan to enhance counternarcotics collaboration, coordination, and cooperation with the Government of Mexico, and for other purposes.
S.2242: Counternarcotics Enhancement Act
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cornyn
Read Twice And Referred To The Select Committee On Intelligence. on 07/10/2025
Veterans Border Patrol Training Act [HB-4160]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Defense ]
[National Security ]
[Immigration ]
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a pilot program to hire transitioning servicemembers to be Border Patrol agents.
HB-4160: Veterans Border Patrol Training Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Jimmy Panetta
Introduced In House on 06/26/2025