MeetingCompleted
Hearings to examine S.214, to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rate of the special pension payable to Medal of Honor recipients, S.219, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to improve the ability of veterans to access medical care in medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs and in the community by providing veterans the ability to choose health care providers, S.506, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to coordinate, navigate, and manage care and benefits for veterans enrolled in both the Medicare program and the system of annual patient enrollment of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S.585, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a pre-transition health care registration process to facilitate enrollment in the patient enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs by members of the Armed Forces who are separating from the Armed Forces, S.599, to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the mileage rate offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs through their Beneficiary Travel program for health related travel, S.605, to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, S.635, to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to recognize nurse registries for purposes of the Veterans Community Care Program, S.649, to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to members of the National Guard who perform certain full-time duty, S.778, to amend title 38, United States Code, to require a lactation space in each medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S.784, to expand and modify the grant program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide innovative transportation options to veterans in highly rural areas, S.800, to modify the Precision Medicine for Veterans Initiative of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S.827, to extend and modify the transportation grant program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S.879, to expand medical, employment, and other benefits for individuals serving as family caregivers for certain veterans, S.1318, to direct the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a program to identify American-Jewish servicemembers buried in United States military cemeteries overseas under markers that incorrectly represent their religion and heritage, S.1320, to direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take certain steps regarding research related to menopause, perimenopause, or mid-life women's health, S.1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, S.1441, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to nonprofit entities to assist such entities in carrying out programs to provide service dogs to eligible veterans, S.1533, to amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent and codify the pilot program for use of contract physicians for disability examinations, S.1543, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, and S.1591, to amend title 38, United States Code, to reorganize the acquisition structure of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to establish the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation in the Department.
May 21, 20258:00 PM418, Russell Senate Office Building
BILLS. 1318Armed forces and national security
Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act
Motion to proceed to consideration of the House message to accompany S. 1318 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 52. Record Vote Number: 164.
BILLS. 1320Armed forces and national security
Servicewomen and Veterans Menopause Research Act
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 275.
BILLS. 1383Government operations and politics
Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025
Considered by Senate (Message from the House considered). (consideration: CR S1647)
BILLS. 1441Armed forces and national security
SAVES Act of 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 342.
BILLS. 1533Armed forces and national security
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent and codify the pilot program for use of contract physicians for disability examinations, and for other purposes.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 1543Armed forces and national security
Veterans Opportunity Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-86.
BILLS. 1591Armed forces and national security
ARCA Act of 2025
Held at the desk.
INCORPORATEDS. 214Armed forces and national security
MEDAL Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-86.
BILLS. 219Armed forces and national security
Veterans Health Care Freedom Act
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-86.
BILLS. 506Armed forces and national security
Coordinating Care for Senior Veterans and Wounded Warriors Act
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 585Armed forces and national security
Servicemember to Veteran Health Care Connection Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-86.
BILLS. 599Armed forces and national security
DRIVE Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-86.
BILLS. 605Armed forces and national security
CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-86.
BILLS. 635Armed forces and national security
Veterans Homecare Choice Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 649Armed forces and national security
Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 778Armed forces and national security
Lactation Spaces for Veteran Moms Act
Held at the desk.
BILLS. 784Armed forces and national security
Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-86.
BILLS. 800Armed forces and national security
Precision Brain Health Research Act of 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 827Armed forces and national security
Supporting Rural Veterans Access to Healthcare Services Act
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
BILLS. 879Armed forces and national security
Veteran Caregiver Reeducation, Reemployment, and Retirement Act
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.