# 119-hr-2077: Helping Heroes Act

119-hr-2077, Helping Heroes Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3] (D-WA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2077
- As of: 2026-06-04
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2077
- Congress: 119
- Title: Helping Heroes Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-03-11
- Sponsor: Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-04

## Summary

**Veteran Family Resource Program** would create a VA-run program to improve veterans' resilience, health, and well-being by addressing social and community needs across veterans' family units. It would place local family coordinators to connect veterans, children, caregivers, and survivors with VA benefits and outside supports and to track outcomes. - Families and children: Coordinators would help families access supportive services for children's mental, emotional, behavioral, and physical health, peer support, and career-readiness. These services are defined broadly to support children’s wellness and development. - Veterans, caregivers, and survivors: Each Veterans Integrated Service Network must have at least one family coordinator within 5 years to serve as a point person for navigating VA and non-VA resources and making referrals. - Disabled veterans and their families: The VA must run a survey within 1 year and then every 5 years to identify needs, including questions about supports for children and unmet needs. - VA operations and partners: The program would collect metrics on department and non-department referrals, health indicators, and satisfaction, act as a community liaison, and must follow federal civil rights and disability laws for funded activities.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. James, John [R-MI-10] (R-MI), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3] (D-KY), 2025-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More VA help for veteran families: benefit, medium. If enacted, the VA would start a Veteran Family Resource Program. Veterans and families would get help finding VA benefits, wellness and mental health supports, child peer groups, and community services. Within five years, each VA region would have at least one family coordinator at VA medical cent…
- No discrimination in funded programs: benefit, medium. If enacted, any program that gets money under this bill would have to follow federal civil-rights laws. This includes Title IX, Title VI, the ADA, Section 504, and the Age Discrimination Act. The rule would start when a program receives these funds.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3277: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
- 119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act
- 119-hr-2048: Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act
- 119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-2077 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2077)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-3277: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3277)
- [119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1422)
- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
- [119-hr-2048: Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2048)
- [119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-909)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2077 (as of 2026-06-04).