H.R. 3123 · 119th Congress · Armed forces and national security
Ernest Peltz Accrued Veterans Benefits Act
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · Feb 2, 2026
Roll call ↗405
1
Passed the House.
Passed the House on February 2, 2026.
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- IntroducedApr 30, 2025
- CommitteeOct 8, 2025
- Passed HouseFeb 2, 2026
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 2
- all Democrats
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsHouse Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- Lobbying
- At least 1
- organization named it2025 Q2 to 2026 Q3
What it does
The bill fixes a gap in how the Department of Veterans Affairs pays a pension it already approved when the veteran dies before the money goes out.
How each member voted
The House roll call, passed the House, February 2, 2026
Yea unless marked
D · House · NC-12
R · House · AL-4
D · House · CA-33
R · House · MO-4
R · House · GA-12
The bill fixes a gap in how the Department of Veterans Affairs pays a pension it already approved when the veteran dies before the money goes out. It adds a new section 5121B to title 38. If the Secretary decides to award a veteran a pension before that veteran dies, but issues the payment after death, the pension due and unpaid at death is paid to the first available person in a set order: the veteran's spouse, then children in equal shares, then dependent parents in equal shares, then the veteran's estate unless the estate would escheat. If no one files a claim within one year of the death, the pension goes to the estate unless it would escheat. This applies to deaths on or after enactment. The bill also extends a separate limit on pension payments by pushing one statutory sunset date in section 5503(d)(7) of title 38 from January 31, 2033 to February 28, 2033.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 1 organization named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 6 quarterly reports filed by 1 organization lobbying for itself in 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
The organization named: Paralyzed Veterans of America. Listed as filed. It is every client name on the filings counted here.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.