# 119-hr-5420: VA Extenders Act of 2025

119-hr-5420, VA Extenders Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7] (R-MI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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- As of: 2026-04-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5420
- Congress: 119
- Title: VA Extenders Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7] (R-MI)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**One-year extension of VA health care, housing, and benefits authorities through September 30, 2026.** This bill would keep a wide range of VA programs, reporting rules, and program clarifications in place for an additional year to preserve services and oversight. - Extends VA health authorities and prevention programs. It would continue VA authority to collect hospital and nursing home copayments and the requirement to provide nursing home care for certain service-connected veterans. It also renews the Staff Sergeant Parker G. Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program and funding for rural access expansion through 2026. - Keeps key benefits and oversight tools active. Quarterly briefings on toxic-exposure presumptions would continue through December 31, 2026, restoration of education assistance after school closures would be extended, the contractor physician licensure clarification would be lengthened from five to six years, and the VA regional office in the Philippines would remain authorized. - Extends housing and homelessness supports and tightens housing oversight. Grants and services for homeless veterans, women veterans with children, and specially adapted housing would continue into 2026. The bill also revises the Partial Claim Program with a 180-day timeframe and requires annual Government Accountability Office reporting on claims, defaults, foreclosures, and delinquency metrics.

## Provisions PRIA read

- VA health and housing help through 2026: benefit, low. If enacted, many VA program deadlines would move from 2025 to 2026. You would keep access to VA nursing home care, suicide prevention grants, and housing help through September 30, 2026. Quarterly briefings on toxic exposure would run through December 31, 2026. One licensure rule for contract clini…
- Tougher terms for VA partial claims: cost, high. If enacted, the VA would change how partial claims work for VA-backed home loans. If you default on a partial claim, you could owe the VA for any loss, with fees and interest. The VA could delay restoring your housing loan entitlement until you repay those losses in full. Servicers would need to in…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-8324: Great American Healthcare Plan
- 119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-353: Family First Act
- 119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-5420 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5420)

## Related
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-8324: Great American Healthcare Plan](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8324)
- [119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4317)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-353: Family First Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-353)
- [119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-833)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5420 (as of 2026-04-21).