# 116-hr-6860: Aid and Attendance Support Act

116-hr-6860, Aid and Attendance Support Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Allred, Colin Z. [D-TX-32] (D-TX); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6860
- Congress: 116
- Title: Aid and Attendance Support Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Introduced: 2020-05-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Allred, Colin Z. [D-TX-32] (D-TX)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Aid and Attendance Support Act This bill increases the amount of specified Department of Veterans Affairs benefit payments for veterans (or their survivors) who require aid at home or are in nursing homes. Specifically, the bill increases such benefits by 25% until 60 days after the end of the declared emergency period resulting from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2020-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

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- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
- 116-hr-8598: Emergency Social Security COLA for 2021 Act
- 116-hr-8433: Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8345: Air Carrier Worker Support Extension Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act
- 116-hr-7806: SOS Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-6860 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6860)

## Related
- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
- [116-hr-8598: Emergency Social Security COLA for 2021 Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8598)
- [116-hr-8433: Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8433)
- [116-hr-8345: Air Carrier Worker Support Extension Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8345)
- [116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8015)
- [116-hr-7806: SOS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7806)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6860 (as of 2025-11-18).