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ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act

House

Require the Small Business Administration to expand disability employment and entrepreneurship assistance through small business hiring support, accessibility guidance, outreach, and reporting

Latest action: Wed Jun 04 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Accountability for Veterans Act

House

Require the Department of Veterans Affairs to report to Congress on disability appeals backlogs, Transition Assistance Program resources, and problems in one-star VA health care systems

Latest action: Tue Jan 28 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Specialist Fourth Class Keith Smith Glioblastoma Parity Act of 2025

House

Establishes parity in veterans' disability treatment for glioblastoma under memorial affairs and disability assistance policy

Latest action: Mon Jun 23 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Veterans Affairs Transfer of Information and Sharing of Disability Examination Procedures With DOD Doctors Act

House

Requires certain separating service members with possible disability claims to receive VA-certified examinations and sets up joint VA-DOD medical and personnel data sharing

Latest action: Thu Feb 20 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Caring for Survivors Act of 2025

House

Increases VA dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and expands eligibility for certain survivors of totally disabled veterans

Latest action: Wed Feb 26 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Veteran Appeals Transparency Act of 2025

House

Requires the Board of Veterans Appeals to post weekly docket dates for assigned veterans appeals cases, with exceptions for advanced or remanded cases

Latest action: Thu Mar 27 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act

House

Excludes veterans' service-connected disability compensation from income tests for Community Development Block Grant housing assistance and orders a review of HUD eligibility treatment across programs

Latest action: Tue Jan 20 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Veterans’ Cremation Certainty Act of 2025

House

Establishes greater certainty for veterans cremation matters within disability assistance and memorial affairs

Latest action: Mon Nov 17 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Veterans’ Surviving Spouse Equity Act of 2025

House

Establishes equity for surviving spouses of veterans in disability assistance and memorial affairs programs

Latest action: Fri Dec 19 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Veterans’ Burial Improvement Act of 2025

House

Expand burial-related improvements for veterans by updating memorial affairs policies and disability assistance oversight

Latest action: Thu Jan 22 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2025

House

Establishes fairer veterans benefits treatment for Filipino veterans through disability assistance and memorial affairs legislation

Latest action: Mon Nov 17 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Survivor Benefits Delivery Improvement Act of 2025

House

Improve delivery of survivor benefits by changing administration of veterans' disability assistance and memorial affairs programs

Latest action: Fri Apr 04 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Fairness for Disabled Young Adults Act

Senate

Expands Social Security child’s benefits eligibility to disabled adult children whose disability began between ages 22 and 25

Latest action: Thu Feb 06 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Blind Americans Return to Work Act of 2025

House

Requires a 20-year Social Security disability demonstration project letting blind SSDI beneficiaries keep reduced benefits as earnings rise above the substantial gainful activity threshold

Latest action: Mon Feb 10 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Stop the Wait Act of 2025

House

Phases out the Social Security Disability Insurance waiting period and ends certain disabled beneficiaries' Medicare waiting period when coverage costs are unaffordable

Latest action: Tue Feb 04 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025

House

Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to raise veterans' disability and survivors' compensation payments for 2025 by the same cost-of-living percentage used for Social Security benefits

Latest action: Wed Mar 26 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Pell Grant Flexibility Act

House

Expand Pell Grant flexibility by changing rules for the federal student financial aid program

Latest action: Tue Apr 08 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Veterans STAND Act

Senate

Establishes the Veterans STAND Act as a Senate measure on veterans' affairs now under committee review

Latest action: Wed Apr 29 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act

House

Reauthorizes through 2031 the Social Security Administration's authority to run Social Security Disability Insurance demonstration projects aimed at workforce attachment, while adding income protection, funding, and reporting rules

Latest action: Thu Jul 23 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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A resolution declaring August 14, 2025, as "National Save Social Security Day".

Senate

Declares August 14, 2025, as National Save Social Security Day to formally recognize that observance

Latest action: Wed Jul 30 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Veterans STAND Act

House

Establishes the Veterans STAND Act as a measure concerning veterans policy and related federal programs

Latest action: Tue Jun 30 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act

House

Establishes housing assistance for unhoused disabled veterans through the Department of Housing and Urban Development

Latest action: Tue Feb 11 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

No Tax on Social Security

House

Excludes Social Security and Tier I railroad retirement benefits from federal taxable income while funding related trust fund transfer offsets

Latest action: Fri Jan 31 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025

House

Require the Department of Veterans Affairs to create an advisory committee on disability accessibility and continue certain VA home loan fee rates through 2034

Latest action: Tue May 20 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Less Bureaucracy, Better Higher Education Act

House

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 16.

Latest action: Wed Jul 15 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act

House

Recognize the role of direct support professionals through a House bill focused on workforce acknowledgment

Latest action: Wed Nov 19 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Empowering Families in Special Education Act

House

Requires local educational agencies to notify parents of their right to include individuals with special expertise on a child's IEP team

Latest action: Tue Feb 25 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Family-to-Family Reauthorization Act of 2025

House

Extends funding authority through FY2029 for the Family-to-Family Health Information Centers program serving families of children and youth with special health care needs

Latest action: Tue Feb 18 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Caring for Survivors Act of 2025

Senate

Increase VA dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and expand survivor eligibility tied to veterans rated totally disabled for shorter periods

Latest action: Tue Mar 11 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Officer John Barnes and Chief Michael Ansbro Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program Expansion Act of 2026

House

Expand the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program for public safety officers under the Officer John Barnes and Chief Michael Ansbro Act of 2026

Latest action: Wed Feb 25 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Katrina and Leslie Schaller Act

House

Extends Supplemental Security Income to Guam and removes existing caps on certain federal assistance payments to the territory

Latest action: Fri Jan 31 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Empowering Families in Special Education Act

Senate

Requires local educational agencies to notify parents of their right to include individuals with special expertise on a child's IEP team in special education planning

Latest action: Wed Feb 26 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Deliver for Veterans Act

House

Require the Department of Veterans Affairs to count delivery costs when covering the full purchase price of automobiles for eligible disabled veterans and servicemembers

Latest action: Tue Apr 08 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act

House

Excludes certain Alaska Native settlement trust payments from eligibility calculations for need-based federal programs for aged blind or disabled recipients

Latest action: Mon Jul 07 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Officer John Barnes and Chief Michael Ansbro Public Safety Officers' Benefit Program Expansion Act of 2026

Senate

Expand the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program for public safety officers, as indicated by the named program expansion measure

Latest action: Mon Aug 10 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025

House

Expand access to federal workers compensation for injured federal workers by improving claims or benefit eligibility procedures

Latest action: Thu Dec 04 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025

Senate

Extends Public Safety Officers' Benefits coverage to certain officers and survivors when duty related carcinogen exposure causes cancer resulting in death or total disability

Latest action: Tue May 20 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Reporting Act of 2025

House

Require the Small Business Administration to study barriers facing entrepreneurs with disabilities and report findings and legislative recommendations

Latest action: Wed Jun 04 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act

House

Permanently allows Treasury to use Social Security death records to identify and prevent improper payments to deceased individuals through the Do Not Pay system

Latest action: Wed Jan 07 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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