119th Congress · introduced in the House · Feb 12, 2025
Prioritizing Veterans’ Survivors Act
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Apr 10, 2025): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Feb 12, 2025)
Prioritizing Veterans' Survivors Act
This bill provides that the Office of Survivors Assistance (OSA) must operate within the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. (Currently, OSA operates within the Pension and Fiduciary Service of the Veterans Benefits Administration.)
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
House · Apr 9, 2025 · Roll call 99 · Passed
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 424 - 0 (Roll no. 99). (text: 4/7/2025 CR H1433-1434) Roll call details
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 424 - 0 (Roll no. 99). Roll call details
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1552-1553)
At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Bost objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1228.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1433-1435)
Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · lobbying firm or registrant: PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Veterans
$105,716
Spent on own lobbying
…Act of 2025 H.R. 1147, the Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 H.R. 1107, the Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025 H.R. 1228, the Prioritizing Veterans Survivors Act H.R. 1286, the Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act H.R. 1288, the DRIVE Act of 2025 H.R. 1290, the Veterans Ment…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · lobbying firm or registrant: PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 17, 2026 · issue area: Veterans
$112,137
Spent on own lobbying
…Act of 2025 H.R. 1147, the Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 H.R. 1107, the Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025 H.R. 1228, the Prioritizing Veterans Survivors Act H.R. 1286, the Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act H.R. 1288, the DRIVE Act of 2025 H.R. 1290, the Veterans Ment…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · lobbying firm or registrant: PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 13, 2026 · issue area: Veterans
$108,181
Spent on own lobbying
…Act of 2025 H.R. 1147, the Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 H.R. 1107, the Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025 H.R. 1228, the Prioritizing Veterans Survivors Act H.R. 1286, the Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act H.R. 1288, the DRIVE Act of 2025 H.R. 1290, the Veterans Ment…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · lobbying firm or registrant: PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 19, 2026 · issue area: Veterans
$87,212
Spent on own lobbying
…Act of 2025 H.R. 1147, the Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 H.R. 1107, the Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025 H.R. 1228, the Prioritizing Veterans Survivors Act H.R. 1286, the Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act H.R. 1288, the DRIVE Act of 2025 H.R. 1290, the Veterans Ment…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSN · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSN
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 12, 2026 · issue area: Veterans
$50,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ting Ensuring Veterans Final Resting Place Act of 2025 (S. 1116/H.R. 647); The Dennis and Lois Krisfalusy Act (H.R. 1344); Prioritizing Veterans Survivors Act (H.R. 1228); Veterans Burial Accountability Act (H.R. 4398)
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · lobbying firm or registrant: PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 17, 2025 · issue area: Veterans
$87,212
Spent on own lobbying
…Act of 2025 H.R. 1147, the Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 H.R. 1107, the Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025 H.R. 1228, the Prioritizing Veterans Survivors Act H.R. 1286, the Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act H.R. 1288, the DRIVE Act of 2025 H.R. 1290, the Veterans Ment…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSN · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSN
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 14, 2025 · issue area: Veterans
$50,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ting Ensuring Veterans Final Resting Place Act of 2025 (S. 1116/H.R. 647); The Dennis and Lois Krisfalusy Act (H.R. 1344); Prioritizing Veterans Survivors Act (H.R. 1228); Veterans Burial Accountability Act (H.R. 4398)
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSN · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSN
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 18, 2025 · issue area: Veterans
$50,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ting Ensuring Veterans Final Resting Place Act of 2025 (S. 1116/H.R. 647); The Dennis and Lois Krisfalusy Act (H.R. 1344); Prioritizing Veterans Survivors Act (H.R. 1228); Veterans Burial Accountability Act (H.R. 4398)
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · lobbying firm or registrant: PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 18, 2025 · issue area: Veterans
$89,207
Spent on own lobbying
…Act of 2025 H.R. 1147, the Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 H.R. 1107, the Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025 H.R. 1228, the Prioritizing Veterans Survivors Act H.R. 1286, the Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act H.R. 1288, the DRIVE Act of 2025 H.R. 1290, the Veterans Ment…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · lobbying firm or registrant: PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 16, 2025 · issue area: Veterans
$88,646
Spent on own lobbying
…Act of 2025 H.R. 1147, the Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 H.R. 1107, the Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025 H.R. 1228, the Prioritizing Veterans Survivors Act H.R. 1286, the Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act H.R. 1288, the DRIVE Act of 2025 H.R. 1336, the Veterans Nati…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSN · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSN
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 14, 2025 · issue area: Veterans
$50,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ting Ensuring Veterans Final Resting Place Act of 2025 (S. 1116/H.R. 647); The Dennis and Lois Krisfalusy Act (H.R. 1344); Prioritizing Veterans Survivors Act (H.R. 1228)
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing