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HR8548Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
introduced
HR2642119th Congress
Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21]
In Committee
Summary
Would allow Members of Congress to use Department of Veterans Affairs facilities to meet with constituents. The bill would set rules for where and when those meetings can happen and require payment from Members' office funds.
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- Veterans and constituents would get more local options for meeting their Member of Congress because available VA spaces must be in visible, accessible areas and open during normal business hours.
- Members and congressional offices would pay rent from a Member's Representational Allowance or a Senator's Official Personnel and Office Expense Account at rates similar to nearby General Services Administration office space. Members may advertise the availability but may not use the space during the 60-day period before a federal election.
- VA operations and privacy would be protected because the Secretary and the Administrator of General Services must identify spaces and regulations would bar campaigning, soliciting changes to federal law or policy, disrupting facility operations, and photographing patients without consent.
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Congress office hours at VA facilities
Members of Congress could hold constituent meetings inside VA facilities, if they ask and follow VA rules. VA and GSA would pick available spaces and issue regulations within 90 days of enactment. Space would be open during normal business hours and placed in a visible, easy-to-find area. Rent would be paid from the Member’s official office funds at local GSA‑like rates. Members could advertise the hours, but no campaigning, policy advocacy, recordings of veteran patients, recordings of anyone without consent, recordings for campaign materials, or activities that disrupt care. Use would be barred during the 60 days before a federal election in that area, and VA could not unreasonably block use when space is unused and operations would not be harmed.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21]
FL • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4]
IN • R
Sponsored 4/3/2025
Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20]
FL • D
Sponsored 4/3/2025
Salazar
FL • R
Sponsored 4/3/2025
Finstad
MN • R
Sponsored 4/3/2025
Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1]
IA • R
Sponsored 4/3/2025
Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1]
NE • R
Sponsored 4/3/2025
Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]
CA • D
Sponsored 4/3/2025
Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8]
AZ • R
Sponsored 4/21/2025
Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
VA • D
Sponsored 9/15/2025
Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
OH • R
Sponsored 4/13/2026
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