# 119-hr-7976: Moral Injury Recognition and Restitution Act

119-hr-7976, Moral Injury Recognition and Restitution Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-31).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7976
- Congress: 119
- Title: Moral Injury Recognition and Restitution Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-03-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 18
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-31

## Summary

**Retroactive disability payments for veterans who experienced military sexual trauma.** This bill would add Section 5114 to title 38 so that VA compensation awards tied to military sexual trauma use an effective date of the day after the veteran’s discharge and require monetary benefits to be paid retroactively from that date, overriding the usual timing rules in sections 5110 and 5111. It adopts existing statutory definitions for military sexual trauma and for covered mental health conditions and also covers physical injuries or diseases caused or aggravated by MST.

## Cosponsors (18)

- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3] (D-NM), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] (D-PA), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2026-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2026-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2026-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2] (R-VA), 2026-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] (D-MI), 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3] (D-WA), 2026-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA), 2026-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH), 2026-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] (D-VT), 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ), 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Retroactive pay for veterans with military sexual trauma: benefit, high. If enacted, veterans with an approved VA compensation claim for a health condition from military sexual trauma (MST) would have the award date set to the day after their discharge. VA would start paying monetary benefits from that date and would pay benefits retroactively back to it. This would app…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-7976 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7976)

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- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
- [119-hr-2048: Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2048)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [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-7976 (as of 2026-10-31).