119th Congress · introduced in the House · Jan 23, 2025
Medal of Honor Act
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Dec 1, 2025): Became Public Law No: 119-43.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Public Law (Dec 1, 2025) · 2 versions published
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.
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 · Feb 26, 2025 · Roll call 51 · Passed
Became Public Law No: 119-43.
Became Public Law No: 119-43.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7976-7977)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
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, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 424 - 0 (Roll no. 51). (text: CR H857) Roll call details
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 424 - 0 (Roll no. 51). (text: CR H857) Roll call details
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 695.
Inflation and prices · Veterans' pensions and compensation
LD-2 reports whose issue descriptions explicitly cite this bill (bill type and number validated against Congress.gov records). A citation does not establish the client's position or any contact with a member.
Loading lobbying reportsConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H857-859)
Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Coverage: reports for 2025 onward, posted Jan 1, 2025 through Oct 23, 2026.
3 citations.
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · lobbying firm or registrant: DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 16, 2026 · issue area: Veterans
$164,754
Spent on own lobbying
….R. 658, H.R. 6587, H.R. 659, H.R. 6595, H.R. 6644, H.R. 6648, H.R. 6649, H.R. 6652, H.R. 6662, H.R. 680, H.R. 683, H.R. 6835, H.R. 6843, H.R. 6848, H.R. 6858, H.R. 695, H.R. 6993, H.R. 7047, H.R. 7049, H.R. 7091, H.R. 7280, H.R. 740, H.R. 748, H.R. 7489, H.R. 770, H.R. 7735, H.R. 7815, H.R. 7841, H.R. 790, H.R. 803, H.R. 8066…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. 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
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · lobbying firm or registrant: DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 21, 2026 · issue area: Veterans
$149,180
Spent on own lobbying
…R. 6587, H.R. 659, H.R. 6595, H.R. 6644, H.R. 6655, H.R. 6648, H.R. 6649, H.R. 6652, H.R. 6662, H.R. 680, H.R. 683, H.R. 6835, H.R. 6843, H.R. 6848, H.R. 6858, H.R. 695, H.R. 6993, H.R. 7047, H.R. 7049, H.R. 7091, H.R. 7280, H.R. 740, H.R. 748, H.R. 7489, H.R. 770, H.R. 7735, H.R. 7815, H.R. 7841, H.R. 790, H.R. 803, H.R. 8066…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. 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
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · lobbying firm or registrant: DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 6, 2026 · issue area: Veterans
$175,948
Spent on own lobbying
…R. 6583, H.R. 6587, H.R. 659, H.R. 6595, H.R. 6655, H.R. 6648, H.R. 6649, H.R. 6652, H.R. 6662, H.R. 680, H.R. 683, H.R. 6835, H.R. 6843, H.R. 6848, H.R. 6858, H.R. 695, H.R. 6993, H.R. 7047, H.R. 7049, H.R. 7091, H.R. 7280, H.R. 740, H.R. 748, H.R. 7489, H.R. 770, H.R. 7735, H.R. 7841, H.R. 790, H.R. 803, H.R. 8066, H.R. 818,…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. 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