Metro East Sun

Today, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, chaired by Mike Bost (R-Ill.), advanced 25 bills for consideration by the full House of Representatives. These bills address various issues affecting veterans, from healthcare choices to fraud prevention.

Chairman Bost stated, “From ending the Biden-era control over veterans’ healthcare choice, to modernizing the VA disability compensation benefits and appeals process, to cutting down on scams and fraud, to protecting deployed servicemembers homes from squatters, to bringing needed accountability to VA’s VR&E program, our committee reported out 25 vitally important bills this week on behalf of the men and women who have served leading into the August district work period.” He also expressed gratitude towards the sponsors of these bills for their contributions.

The reported bills include:

- H.R. 740 – The Veterans’ ACCESS Act (Chairman Bost)

- H.R. 2137 – Review Every Veterans Claim Act of 2025 (Rep. Luttrell)

- H.R. 1663 – Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion (VSAFE) Act (Rep. Calvert)

- H.R. 3400 – The Territorial Response and Access to Veterans’ Essential Lifecare (TRAVEL) Act (Rep. King-Hinds)

- H.R. 3767 – Health Professionals Scholarship Program (HPSP) Improvement Act of 2025 (Rep. Hamadeh)

- H.R. 3123 – Ernest Peltz Accrued Veterans Benefits Act (Rep. Stefanik)

- H.R. 3834 – Protecting Veteran’s Claim Options Act (Chairman Bost)

- H.R. 2605 – Service Dogs Assisting Veterans (SAVES) Act (Rep. Luttrell)

- H.R. 3951 – Rural Veterans’ Improved Access to Benefits Act of 2025 (Rep. Ciscomani)

- H.R. 3483 – Forcing Real Accountability for Unlawful Distributions (FRAUD) Act (Rep. Barrett)

- H.R. 3494 – VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act (Rep. Kiggans)

- H.R. 3455 – Veterans Affairs Distributed Ledger Innovation Act of 2025 (Rep. Mace)

- H.R. 2334 – Servicemember Resident Protection Act (Rep. Mast)

- H.R. 3481 – Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025 (Rep. Barrett)

- H.R. 3579 – Veterans Readiness and Employment Program Integrity Act (Rep. Ciscomani)

- H.R. 2791 – Home for Heroes Act (Rep. Miller)

- H.R. 3854 – Modernizing All Veterans and Survivors Claims Processing Act (Rep. Valadao)

- H.R. 3863 – VA Mental Health Outreach and Engagement Act (Rep Budzinski).

- H.R..659 -Veterans Law Judge Experience act of -2025( Rep Brownley )

-H .R..2701 -Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration act( Rep Wasserman-Schultz )

-H .R..2721 -Honoring Our Heroes act( Rep Kennedy )

-H .R..2034 -Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship Opportunity act( Rep Budzinski )

-H .R..2954 -Veterans Transition To Trucking act( Rep Pappas )

-H .R..3812 -Stop Troubling Retroactive Invoices For Veteran Expenses act( Rep Gray )

-H .R..4446 -FAST VETS act( Rep Dexter )

These legislative efforts aim at working with the Trump administration to bring substantial changes at the Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans and their families.