# 119-hr-5919: Veterans HOPE Act

119-hr-5919, Veterans HOPE Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] (R-NC); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5919
- As of: 2026-04-21
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5919
- Congress: 119
- Title: Veterans HOPE Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-04
- Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Comprehensive review of veteran opioid overdose deaths.** This bill would require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a formal, time‑bound review of opioid overdose deaths among veterans who received VA care in the five years before their death and finish the review within 18 months of enactment. - Families and survivors would get a public report and a congressional briefing within 45 days after the review is finished, giving an official account of causes and patterns. - Veterans and VA clinicians would see detailed findings on medications prescribed and found at death, including drugs with black box warnings, off‑label uses, psychotropic drugs, and instances of multiple concurrent prescriptions. - VA medical centers would be identified if they have high prescription or drug‑abuse treatment rates, and the review would summarize VA prescribing policies and efforts to track and dispose of unused opioids. - Researchers and policymakers would get demographic data, measures of combat and trauma exposure, timing between last opioid prescription and death, noted patterns, and recommendations for further action and study, with attention to veterans who had not filed for an opioid prescription in the three months before overdose.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT), 2025-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gillen, Laura [D-NY-4] (D-NY), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tran, Derek [D-CA-45] (D-CA), 2026-02-02T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- VA study of veteran opioid deaths: benefit, low. If enacted, the VA Secretary would have to finish a formal review within 18 months. The review would cover veterans who died from opioid overdoses in the five years before enactment. Those veterans must have received VA hospital care or medical services during the five years before death. The revie…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-3277: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
- 119-hr-5401: Pay Our Troops Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-hr-5919 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5919)

## Related
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-3277: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3277)
- [119-hr-5401: Pay Our Troops Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5401)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5919 (as of 2026-04-21).