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HR695Enacted into Law

Medal of Honor Act

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
Passed Both
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-23
Introduced
4
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Troy E. Nehls
Troy E. Nehls
Republican · TX · Representative
Votes with party: 96.2% (624 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/N000026

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (4)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Chris Pappas (D-NH-1)Original· 2025-01-23
  • Lauren Boebert (R-CO-4)Original· 2025-01-23
  • Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15)Original· 2025-01-23
  • Jefferson Van Drew (D-NJ-2)· 2025-02-04

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Became Public Law No: 119-43.

2025-12-01

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsDischarged From · 2025-11-07
  • House Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-01-23

Previously

  • Veterans' Affairs CommitteeDischarged From · 2025-11-07
  • Veterans' Affairs CommitteeReferred To · 2025-02-27
  • Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-02-27
  • Veterans' Affairs CommitteeReferred To · 2025-01-23

Plain-English Summary

Medal of Honor Act This act increases the monthly special pension for living Medal of Honor recipients. The act also prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from increasing the amount of the pension for inflation if the amount was already increased during such year. Additionally, the act extends a limitation on the pension paid to veterans who reside in Medicaid nursing homes and have no spouse or child. Currently, such pensions are limited to $90 per month through November 30, 2031. The act extends this limitation through January 31, 2033.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Armed Forces and National Security
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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