# 119-hr-6024: BRAVE Act of 2025

119-hr-6024, BRAVE Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] (D-CO); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-15).

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- As of: 2026-10-15
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6024
- Congress: 119
- Title: BRAVE Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-11-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] (D-CO)
- Cosponsors: 11
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-15

## Summary

**Boost VA mental health workforce and Vet Center capacity.** This bill would reform pay and hiring rules, modernize Vet Center outreach and technology, and fund targeted programs for women, transitioning service members, and veterans with special needs. - Veterans and transitioning service members would get stronger outreach and coordination, expanded annual mental health consultations for those with mental health disability claims, and reviews of group retreat services to address demand and accessibility. - Vet Center staff and operations would face new pay-transparency and market-survey requirements, temporary licensure flexibilities for clinicians, and a 60-day review to decide whether to keep or replace the Vet Center network IT platform. - Women veterans and specialized-care groups would see targeted studies and program changes, including a study and one-year report on women’s suicide prevention and outreach, REACH VET updates to weight women-specific risks, a Parker G. Fox grant cap raised to $1.0 million and extended to six years, and pilots for residential treatment for veterans with spinal cord injuries.

## Cosponsors (11)

- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2] (R-VA), 2025-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA), 2025-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mrvan, Frank J. [D-IN-1] (D-IN), 2025-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23] (R-CA), 2026-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] (R-OH), 2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2026-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2026-07-16T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Annual mental health checks for veterans: benefit, medium. If enacted, the VA would be required to offer at least one mental health consultation each year to every veteran receiving compensation for a service-connected mental health disability. If enacted, the VA would conduct outreach about those consultations and collect veteran feedback. The VA would su…
- Better suicide risk care for women: benefit, medium. If enacted, the VA would begin changing the REACH VET risk-identification system within 60 days so it better counts risk factors that matter for women, like military sexual trauma and intimate partner violence. If enacted, the VA would also run surveys and listening sessions with women veterans wit…
- Residential mental health pilots for spinal injuries: benefit, medium. If enacted, the VA would submit a plan within 60 days to ensure veterans with spinal cord injury or disorder can access VA mental health residential treatment. If enacted, the VA would start a pilot at not fewer than three VA medical facilities within 120 days and report on implementation and initi…
- Easier hiring rules for VA counselors: benefit, medium. If enacted, the VA would be allowed to give psychologists a reasonable period to meet licensure timing rules, as recommended by the Under Secretary for Health. If enacted, the VA would also be able to waive licensure or certification for a licensed professional mental health counselor for a reasona…
- Bigger community suicide-prevention grants: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would raise the maximum Parker G. Fox suicide-prevention grant from $750,000 to $1,000,000 per award. If enacted, the bill would also extend the grant program's statutory time reference from three years to six years. Community groups that work on veteran suicide prevention woul…
- More Vet Center outreach data and targets: benefit, medium. If enacted, the VA would require each Vet Center, within 180 days, to have demographic data for people eligible in its area, including recently transitioned veterans. If enacted, the VA would give guidance on outreach metrics and set up periodic processes to find barriers veterans face getting serv…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9250: Great American Outdoors Act 250
- 119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-6024 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6024)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1422)
- [119-hr-9250: Great American Outdoors Act 250](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9250)
- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6024 (as of 2026-10-15).