# 119-hr-3854: Modernizing All Veterans and Survivors

119-hr-3854, Modernizing All Veterans and Survivors, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA); status passed_house; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3854
- Congress: 119
- Title: Modernizing All Veterans and Survivors
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-06-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-15

## Summary

**Modernizing VA claims processing through automation and regular veteran death reporting.** This bill would create a 5-year annual report on causes of death among veterans, require a one-year plan to expand a Compensation Service automation tool across VA claims offices, and mandate automated notices and document-labeling for certain dependent benefits. - Families, survivors, and researchers would get yearly, veteran-level data on causes of death. Reports must note whether each veteran had a total service-connected disability, list primary and secondary causes, and include a 5-year sunset. - VA claims staff and veterans would see planning to expand an automation tool within one year. The tool is described to retrieve service and health records, compile evidence, provide automated decision support, share information across agencies, and help generate correspondence. Priority access would go to five VA entities in a specified order. - Children of veterans and claims processors would get automatic notices for dependency compensation increases and educational assistance, and the National Work Queue must flag and assign claims in those situations. The Secretary must also submit a one-year plan to ensure correct automated labeling of documents in the Veterans Benefits Management System. *It does not authorize new appropriations and does not change current funding levels.*

## Provisions PRIA read

- Plan to speed up VA claims: benefit, medium. This bill would require VA to send Congress, within one year, a plan to use automation to process claims. The tool would pull service and health records, compile evidence, give decision support, share info with other agencies, and help draft letters. The plan would review feasibility, needed change…
- Quicker processing for child VA benefits: benefit, low. This bill would require VA, within one year, to add tools that assign a claims processor when child-related benefits need action. Covered situations would include increases in dependency pay for a child and payments of education benefits to a veteran’s child. The National Work Queue (or its success…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7705: Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2026
- 119-hr-3227: Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-3854 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3854)

## Related
- [119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4393)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-7705: Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7705)
- [119-hr-3227: Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3227)
- [119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-471)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3854 (as of 2026-07-15).