H.R. 660 — WISER Act of 2025

This section establishes a discharge status upgrade program, administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, under which eligible covered veterans (i.e., women who performed active military, naval, air, or space service from April 27, 1951, through February 23, 1976) receive upgraded discharge statuses treated as completion of assigned duty for purposes of VA benefits. It also establishes a one-time compensation benefit program, administered by the Secretary of Defense, providing $25,000 payments to eligible covered veterans or their surviving spouses (if the veteran dies after enactment), with such sums authorized to be appropriated. Eligibility includes an irrebuttable presumption for covered veterans involuntarily separated pursuant to Executive Order 10240 (which authorized discharges of servicewomen due to pregnancy or parenthood) and rebuttable presumptions for those who gave birth to or obtained custody of or adopted a child, or experienced an incomplete pregnancy (including abortion or miscarriage), within 10 months after separation; the upgrade program is subject to appropriations.