H.R. 6047 · 119th Congress · Armed forces and national security
Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act
Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · May 21, 2026
Roll call ↗235
179
Passed the House.
Passed the House on May 21, 2026.
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- IntroducedNov 17, 2025
- CommitteeApr 2, 2026
- Passed HouseMay 21, 2026
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 14
- all Republicans
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsHouse Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- Lobbying
- At least 13
- organizations named it2025 Q4 to 2026 Q3
What it does
This bill expands several veterans benefits under title 38 of the U.S.
How each member voted
The House roll call, passed the House, May 21, 2026
Yea unless marked
R · House · AL-4
R · House · MO-4
R · House · GA-12
This bill expands several veterans benefits under title 38 of the U.S. Code. It creates a new supplemental monthly allowance of $833.33 for severely disabled veterans who already qualify for an aid-and-attendance allowance, and it sets up a formula that raises dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving family members whenever Social Security benefits rise, adding an extra increment on top of the Social Security increase. The bill also raises certain fees charged on VA-guaranteed home loans and pushes back the expiration dates of those fee provisions and of a limit on pension payments. Finally, it broadens who can qualify for VA-guaranteed home loans by counting National Guard and reserve service toward eligibility and by extending eligibility to service members with at least 14 days of active duty who finish their initial training, with an added loan fee for that newly eligible group.
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 13 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 38 quarterly reports filed by 3 lobbying firms and by 10 organizations lobbying for themselves in 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.
5 of them, in no ranking: Gold Star Wives of America, Inc.; Broker Action Coalition; Paralyzed Veterans of America; Mortgage Bankers Association; Fleet Reserve Association. Listed as filed, in the order the filings were read, and 8 others are not shown. These are not the largest, the earliest or the most active: we keep five names per measure, and the filings give no ranking.
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.