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119-hr-3812119th CongressWALLET

STRIVE Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Gray, Adam [D-CA-13]

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Summary

Stops retroactive VA copayment bills when veterans did not get timely notice or when their total copayments exceed a set limit. The bill would also let the VA Secretary waive copayments in appropriate cases and ties the dollar limit to inflation through the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

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  • Veterans: Would not have to pay copayments for hospital care or medical services if the VA failed to provide timely notice within a 2-year window after the care or if the veteran's total copayments exceed $2,000. The $2,000 threshold is adjusted annually by the CPI.
  • VA administration and patients: Requires the Secretary to track and meet notice timeliness standards and gives the Secretary authority to waive copayments without requiring a veteran to request a waiver.
  • Pension recipients: Moves a pension-related payment limit date forward to February 29, 2032, an extension described in the text as one year.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Stop retroactive VA copayments

If enacted, the bill would stop the VA from collecting some retroactive copayments for hospital or medical care after two years from the date you got the care. You would not have to pay those copayments if the VA did not give timely notice or if your total copayments for care went over $2,000. The $2,000 amount would be increased on the first day of each fiscal year after enactment by the prior fiscal year's Consumer Price Index change; if the CPI does not increase, the amount would stay the same. The rule would apply even if other laws normally require a copayment. The VA Secretary would also be able to waive copayments in any case without requiring a veteran to submit a waiver request.

Veterans pension deadline extension

If enacted, the bill would change a date in the veterans pension law by replacing November 30, 2031 with February 29, 2032. The change would take effect on enactment and would extend the calendar deadline in that pension payment provision by about one year.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Gray, Adam [D-CA-13]

CA • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/9/2025

  • Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 10/6/2025

  • Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]

    TN • D

    Sponsored 10/8/2025

  • Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 10/21/2025

  • Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]

    NC • D

    Sponsored 10/21/2025

  • Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 10/24/2025

  • Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 11/7/2025

  • Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2]

    AL • D

    Sponsored 11/7/2025

Roll Call Votes

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