H.R. 695 · 119th Congress · Armed forces and national security
Medal of Honor Act
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
Bundled: this vote covered more than one measure.
House · Feb 26, 2025
Roll call ↗424
0
Passed the House.
The pension increase is the whole point of the title, and sections 2 and 3 serve it directly. Section 4 does not. It extends the sunset on a separate cap that reduces pension payments for veterans and survivors covered by Medicaid in nursing homes. That cap applies to the general pension population, not to Medal of Honor recipients, and pushing its expiration two years later is a budget offset that pays for the raise. The title covers this only through its catch-all 'and for other purposes.' A reader told the bill honors Medal of Honor recipients would not know it also keeps a benefit limit alive longer for a different group.
Law 312 days after it was introduced
Public Law 119-43. Each step dated from the congress.gov record
- IntroducedJan 23, 2025
- CommitteeJan 23, 2025
- Passed HouseFeb 26, 2025
- Passed SenateNov 7, 2025
- Became lawDec 1, 2025
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 4
- 1 Democrat, 3 Republicans
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsHouse Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- Lobbying
- At least 1
- organization named it2026 Q1 to 2026 Q3
What it does
This bill raises the special pension paid to living Medal of Honor recipients.
How each member voted
The House roll call, passed the House, February 26, 2025
Yea unless marked
D · House · NC-12
R · House · AL-4
D · House · CA-33
R · House · MO-4
R · House · GA-12
This bill raises the special pension paid to living Medal of Honor recipients. Current law fixes that pension at $1,406.73 per month. The bill replaces that fixed figure with a rate tied to a special monthly compensation level. It sets the pension equal to the amount under subsection (m) of the special monthly compensation schedule in 38 U.S.C. 1114, increased to the next intermediate step under subsection (p). It also bars a second cost-of-living increase in any year the pension was already raised. A final section extends an unrelated limit on veterans' pension payments, moving its expiration date from November 30, 2031 to January 31, 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 3 quarterly reports filed by 1 organization lobbying for itself in 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: Disabled American Veterans. 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.