VA Extenders Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would extend dozens of VA health, housing, education, and oversight authorities by moving many 2025 sunsets to 2026. It aims to preserve continuity in care, housing supports, and program reporting while giving VA more time to implement and evaluate policies.
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- Veterans and families: Would keep authorities for collecting hospital and nursing home copayments and for providing nursing home care to certain service‑connected veterans through Sept. 30, 2026, and would extend suicide‑prevention and rural mental health grant authorities into 2026.
- Students, medical contractors, and regional services: Would extend restoration of educational assistance after school closures to Sept. 30, 2026, lengthen the temporary licensure clarification for contractor medical professionals from five to six years for a VA disability exam pilot, extend toxic‑exposure briefing requirements through Dec. 31, 2026, and allow a VA regional office to remain in the Philippines through 2026.
- Housing, homeless veterans, and lenders: Would extend multiple homeless and specially adapted housing grant programs to 2026, adjust the VA Partial Claim Program rules including extending certain claim processing timelines from 120 to 180 days, and require annual GAO reports on program performance and borrower outcomes.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
VA health services and copays
If enacted, this bill would extend many VA health authorities through September 30, 2026. Veterans would keep access to nursing home care, rural mental health expansion, suicide-prevention grants, and VA regional services in the Philippines. The bill would also keep VA authority to collect hospital and nursing home copayments and extend a temporary licensure rule for contractor examiners.
Changes to VA Partial Claim rules
If enacted, this bill would change how the VA Partial Claim Program operates. Borrowers who default could become liable for losses, fees, and interest and could lose restored loan entitlement until repaid. The bill also clarifies guaranty and liquidation rules, extends some processing deadlines, lets the VA issue guidance before rulemaking, and requires annual GAO reporting on program performance.
Housing help for homeless veterans
If enacted, this bill would extend a set of VA housing and homeless program funding through 2026. That includes supportive services for very low-income veteran families, reintegration grants for homeless women veterans and veterans with children, grants for homeless veterans with special needs, specially adapted housing help for certain disabled veterans, and assistive-technology housing grants.
Deadline extension for education benefits
If enacted, this bill would extend the deadline through September 30, 2026 for restoring VA education benefits for students and veterans affected by school closures or disapprovals. Affected people would keep the chance to have their entitlement restored during that extended period.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
KS • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
CT • D
Sponsored 9/17/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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