IAVA Supported Legislation – 117th Congress

The following is a list of IAVA-supported legislation in the 117th Congress. For any questions or inquiries on legislative matters please email our Department of Policy & Advocacy at policy@iava.org or call our Washington, DC office at (202) 544-7692.

Continue To Combat Suicide Among Troops and Veterans

Signed into law

• Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022  (the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022) (S.3373) Signed into law 8/10/2022, Public Law No: 117-168.
• Sgt. Ketchum Rural Veterans Mental Health Act (H.R. 2441/S.1468) Signed into law 6/30/2021, Public Law No: 117-21.

Passed the House

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Last Action

• Vet Center Outreach Act of 2021 (S. 2924) LAST ACTION Senate – 10/20/2021 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
• Post-9/11 Veterans’ Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2021 (S. 3293) LAST ACTION Senate – 12/15/2021 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

Modernize Government to Support Today’s Veterans

Signed into law

• Strengthening Oversight for Veterans Act of 2020 (S. 3177) Signed into law 6/7/2023
• Strengthening and Amplifying Vaccination Efforts to Locally Immunize all Veterans and Every Spouse (SAVE LIVES) Act (H.R.1276/S. 682) Signed in law 3/24/2021, Public Law No: 117-4.
• VA Peer Support Enhancement for MST Survivors Act (H.R. 2724) Signed into law 12/27/2022, Public Law No: 117-271.

Passed the House

• Homeless Veterans CREDIT Act (H.R. 1257) Passed House 6/15/2021, LAST ACTION Senate – 06/16/2021 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. 
• A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, and for other purposes (H.R. 2494/S. 1093) Passed House 5/18/2021, LAST ACTION Senate – 05/19/2021 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
• VA Police Improvement and Accountability Act (H.R. 2429) Passed House 6/15/2021, LAST ACTION Senate – 06/16/2021 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
• Access for Veterans to Records Act (H.R. 7337) Passed the House 7/14/2022, LAST ACTION Senate – 07/18/2022 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Last Action

• Major Richard Star Act (H.R. 1282) LAST ACTION House – 10/25/2022 Assigned to the Consensus Calendar.
• Veterans Fellowship Act. (H.R. 2391) LAST ACTION House – 04/28/2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
• Affordable Housing for Homeless Veterans Act of 2021(H.R. 2419), LAST ACTION House – 05/04/2021 Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 22 – 6.
• VA Supply Chain Resiliency Act (H.R. 2082) LAST ACTION House – 05/04/2021 Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 22 – 6.
• Veterans Preventative Health Coverage Fairness Act (H.R.3452/S. 1779) LAST ACTION House – 07/14/2021 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Senate – 10/20/2021 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Hearings held.
• FY2022 Veterans Major Medical Facility Authorization Act (S. 2624) LAST ACTION Senate – 12/15/2021 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
• Veterans’ Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Act (S. 2720) LAST ACTION Senate – 12/15/2021 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
• Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act (S. 2852) LAST ACTION Senate – 12/15/2021 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. – 117th Congress.
• Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2021 (H.R.5666/ S.3025) LAST ACTION House – 11/02/2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Senate – 03/01/2022 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 289.
• Veterans Dental Care Eligibility Expansion and Enhancement Act (S.3017) LAST ACTION Senate – 10/20/2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans‘ Affairs.
• A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to administer a pilot program to employ veterans in positions that relate to conservation and resource management activities. (H.R. 2789) LAST ACTION House – 07/14/2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
• Stop Copay Overpay Act (H.R. 4824) LAST ACTION House – 07/29/2021 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
• Expanding Veterans’ Options for Long-Term Care Act (S. 4169) LAST ACTION Senate – 05/10/2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
• Discharge Review Board Outreach Improvement Act (S. 4545) LAST ACTION Senate – 07/18/2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
• A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the copayment requirement for recipients of Department of Veterans Affairs payments or allowances for beneficiary travel, and for other purposes (S.4565) LAST ACTION Senate – 07/20/2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
• BUILD for Veterans Act (H.R. 3776/ S.4601) LAST ACTION House – 06/09/2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Senate – 07/25/2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. 

Drive Support for Injuries from Burn Pits and Toxic Exposures

Signed into law

• Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 (H.R.3967) Signed into law 8/8/2022, Public Law No: 117-168.

Passed the House

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Last Action

• Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act (S.952/H.R2371) LAST ACTION Senate – 04/28/2021 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Hearings held. House – 07/14/2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
• Toxic Exposures in the American Military (TEAM) Act (S. 927/ H.R. 2127) LAST ACTION Senate – 04/28/2021 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Hearings held. House – 06/16/2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
• SFC Heath Robinson Burn Pit Transparency Act (H.R.2601/S.1188) LAST ACTION House – 07/14/2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Senate – 04/28/2021 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Hearings held.

Continue to Defend and Expand Veterans’ Education Opportunities

Signed into law

• Veterans Economic Recovery Act of 2020  (Included within the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021) Signed into Law 3/11/2021, Public Law No: 117-2.
• Colonel John M. McHugh Tuition Fairness for Survivors Act of 2021(S. 1095) Signed into law 11/30/2021, Public Law No: 117-68.
• Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 (H.R. 7105) Signed into law 01/05/2021, Public Law No: 116-315.

Passed the House

• Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act (H.R. 1836) Passed the House 1/12/2022, LAST ACTION Senate – 01/13/2022 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
• Bringing Registered Apprenticeships to Veterans Education Act (H.R. 147) Passed the House 11/16/2021, LAST ACTION Senate – 11/17/2021 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
• GI Bill National Emergency Extended Deadline Act (H.R. 2167) Passed the House 5/18/2021, LAST ACTION Senate – 05/19/2021 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
• Native VetSuccess at Tribal Colleges and Universities Pilot Program Act (H.R. 2878) Passed the House 5/18/2021, LAST ACTION Senate – 05/19/2021 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

Last Action

• To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to implement a modern information technology service to process claims for educational assistance under chapters 30, 33, 35, and 36 of title 38, United States Code. (H.R.2420) LAST ACTION House – 04/29/2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
• Student Veterans Transparency and Protection Act of 2021 (S.1607) LAST ACTION Senate – 12/15/2021 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
• Advancing Toward Full Funding Impact Aid Act (H.R. 5255) LAST ACTION House – 09/14/2021 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. 
• SERVE Act (H.R. 2587) LAST ACTION House – 07/14/2021 Subcommittee Hearings Held

Fully Recognize and Improve Services for Women Veterans

Signed into law

• Protecting Moms Who Served Act (S. 796) Signed into Law 11/30/2021, Public Law No: 117-69.
• Dr. Kate Hendricks Thomas SERVICE Act (S.2102) Signed into Law 6/7/2022, Public Law No: 117-133.
• MAMMO for Veterans Act ( S.2533) Signed into Law 6/7/2022, Public Law No: 117-135. 

Passed the House

• Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act (H.R. 239) Passed House 6/24/2021, LAST ACTION Senate – 07/12/2021 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans‘ Affairs.
• Lactation Spaces for Veteran Moms Act (H.R. 5738/ S. 4580) Passed the House 5/18/2022, LAST ACTION Senate – 05/19/2022 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

Last Action

• Honoring All Veterans Act (H.R. 2806/S.1313) LAST ACTION House – 04/29/2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Senate – 04/22/2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
• Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act (S. 1520) LAST ACTION Senate – 04/29/2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
• Military Moms Matter Act (H.R. 3047) LAST ACTION House – 05/07/2021 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
• DOULA for VA Act of 2021 (S. 1937) LAST ACTION Senate – 10/20/2021 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Hearings held.
• Justice for Women Act (H.R. 2385) LAST ACTION House – 11/04/2021 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Establish Support for Veterans Who Want to Utilize Alternative Therapies

Signed into law

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Passed the House

• Safe Banking Act of 2021 (H.R. 1996/ S. 910) Passed the House 4/19/2021, LAST ACTION Senate – 04/20/2021 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Last Action

• Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act (S.1183) LAST ACTION Senate – 04/15/2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 
• Fully Informed Veteran Act (H.R. 3601) LAST ACTION House – 11/01/2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
• VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act (S. 1467) LAST ACTION Senate – 06/23/2021 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Hearings held.

IAVA’s Campaign to Honor the Service and Sacrifice of Servicemembers and Their Families

Signed into law

• Strengthening Oversight for Veterans Act of 2021 (H.R.2428/S.2687) Signed into Law 6/ 7/2022,  Public Law No: 117-136.
• Global War on Terror Memorial Location Act (S.535) Signed into law, 12/27/2021, Included in the fy 2022 NDAA.

Passed the House

• To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs an Advisory Committee on United States Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States, and for other purposes. (H.R.3730) Passed the House 11/19/2021, LAST ACTION Senate – 11/19/2021 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
• Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2022 (H.R.7946/S.5055) Passed the House 12/6/2022, LAST ACTION Senate – 12/07/2022 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
• VIPER Act of 2021 (H.R.5721) Passed the House 11/17/2022, LAST ACTION Senate – 11/17/2022 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

Last Action

• To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the time period for eligibility under the Survivors’ And Dependents’ Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (H.R. 2327) LAST ACTION House – 04/28/2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
• Protecting the Employment Rights of Servicemembers Act (H.R. 2195) LAST ACTION House – 05/04/2021 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• National Guard and Reserve Incentive Pay Parity Act (S. 1859) LAST ACTION Senate – 05/26/2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
• Caring for Survivors Act (S.976) LAST ACTION Senate – 04/28/2021 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Hearings held.
• Servicemember Parental Leave Equity Act (H.R. 3122/S. 1571) LAST ACTION House – 05/11/2021 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Senate – 05/11/2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
• Rachel Booth Act (H.R. 5858/ S.3180) LAST ACTION House – 11/04/2021 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Senate – 11/04/2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
• Justice for Servicemembers Act (H.R. 2196) LAST ACTION House – 10/19/2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
• Afghanistan War Commission Act of 2021 (H.R.6014) LAST ACTION House – 11/18/2021 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select).
• VA Home Loan GRACE Act of 2021 (H.R. 6124) LAST ACTION House – 05/18/2022 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
• Emergency Relief for Servicemembers Act (S. 3084) LAST ACTION Senate – 10/27/2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
• Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act of 2021 (H.R. 2650) LAST ACTION House – 05/18/2022 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
• Military Spouse Tax Act (H.R. 4702) LAST ACTION House – 05/18/2022 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
• Afghan Adjustment Act (H.R. 8685/S.4787) LAST ACTION House – 11/01/2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Senate – 08/07/2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
• Military Spouse Hiring Act (H.R.2974/S.3909) LAST ACTION House – 06/13/2022 ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP – Mr. Beyer asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 2974, a bill originally introduced by Representative Delgado, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

End Veteran Homelessness

Signed into law

• West LA VA Campus Improvement Act of 2021 (H.R. 711) Signed into Law 6/23/2021, Public Law No: 117-18.

Passed the House

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Last Action

• Veterans Medical Legal Partnerships Act of 2021 (H.R. 3950) LAST ACTION House – 11/01/2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
• Building Credit Access For Veterans Act of 2022 (S. 1838) LAST ACTION Senate – 11/17/2021 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Hearings held.
• Native American Direct Loan Improvement Act (S.4505) LAST ACTION Senate – 07/12/2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

Supported Through The Military Coalition

• CHAMPVA Children’s Protection Act (S.727) LAST ACTION Senate – 06/23/2021 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Hearings held.

You can find a list of legislation we have supported in previous years here.

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