PRIA Logo™
Take the PRIA Score
S1665119th CongressWALLET

OATH Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Richard Blumenthal

In Committee

Summary

Identify and notify veterans from secrecy oath programs and reset disability award dates. This bill would add a legal definition of a "secrecy oath program", require the Department of Veterans Affairs to find participants and give them benefit information, and set certain disability compensation effective dates to the day after discharge or release.

Show full summary
  • Veterans in secrecy oath programs: The VA would identify participants and must notify each veteran of all benefits and services they may be eligible for within 90 days after the veteran is released from the oath.
  • Edgewood Arsenal participants: The VA would specifically identify and notify veterans who served at Edgewood Arsenal from 1948 to 1975 and distribute the required benefit information within 90 days after enactment.
  • Disability compensation recipients: For veterans who participated in secrecy oath programs, the effective date of a disability award would be the day after the veteran's discharge or release, establishing when payments begin.

Your PRIA Score

Score Hidden

Personalized for You

How does this bill affect your finances?

Sign up for a PRIA Policy Scan to see your personalized alignment score for this bill and every other piece of legislation we track. We analyze your financial profile against policy provisions to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.

Free to start

Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

More VA benefits for secrecy veterans

If enacted, this would define a "secrecy oath program" as a U.S. government program where participants signed NDAs and faced criminal punishment for talking. The VA would have to find veterans who took such oaths and tell each one about all VA benefits and services they may be eligible for. The VA would have 90 days after a veteran is released from the oath to identify and notify them, and must also identify and notify Edgewood Arsenal participants from January 1, 1948 through December 31, 1975 within 90 days of enactment. If enacted, disability compensation for these veterans would be effective the day after the veteran's discharge or release, which can create retroactive payments and earlier monthly pay.

Free Policy Watch

You just read the policy. Now see what it costs you.

Pick a topic. PRIA runs your household against live legislation and sends you a free personalized readout.

Pick a topic to get started

My TaxesMy HealthMy BudgetMy MoneyMy Freedom
Or tell us something more specific

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Richard Blumenthal

CT • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

View on Congress.gov
Back to Legislation

Take It Personal

Get Your Personalized Policy View

Take the PRIA Score to see how policy affects your household, then upgrade to PRIA Full Coverage for year-round monitoring.

Already have an account? Sign in