# 119-hr-6003: Justice Involved Veterans Support Act

119-hr-6003, Justice Involved Veterans Support Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] (D-CO); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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- As of: 2026-04-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6003
- Congress: 119
- Title: Justice Involved Veterans Support Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] (D-CO)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Documenting veteran status in prisons and jails** to connect justice-involved veterans with federal and state benefits and with treatment-based court diversion. This bill would create a pilot grant and technical assistance program run by the Attorney General in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to help State prisons and local jails improve how they record whether inmates are veterans. - Incarcerated veterans: Makes it easier to identify veterans so they can be screened for Department of Veterans Affairs benefits and for state veterans benefits. - Prisons and jails: Eligible facilities can receive grants and technical help to improve veteran documentation. The Attorney General would give priority to facilities in States with high veterans per capita, high veteran poverty rates, or jurisdictions that contain a veterans treatment court or diversion program. - Veterans treatment courts and diversion programs: Aims to increase the number of justice-involved veterans who are diverted into these courts.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2025-11-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Grants to help prisons and jails identify veterans: benefit, low. If enacted, the Attorney General, with the VA, would run a pilot that gives grants and technical help to state prisons and local jails to improve how they record whether inmates are veterans. The goals would be to help VA and state veterans offices deliver benefits to incarcerated veterans and to i…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9401: Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-hr-6003 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6003)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2086)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-9401: Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9401)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6003 (as of 2026-04-21).