# 119-s-2853: VA Extenders Act of 2025

119-s-2853, VA Extenders Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] (R-KS); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2853
- Congress: 119
- Title: VA Extenders Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-17
- Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] (R-KS)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**This bill would extend dozens of VA health, housing, education, and oversight authorities by moving many 2025 sunsets to 2026.** It aims to preserve continuity in care, housing supports, and program reporting while giving VA more time to implement and evaluate policies. - Veterans and families: Would keep authorities for collecting hospital and nursing home copayments and for providing nursing home care to certain service‑connected veterans through Sept. 30, 2026, and would extend suicide‑prevention and rural mental health grant authorities into 2026. - Students, medical contractors, and regional services: Would extend restoration of educational assistance after school closures to Sept. 30, 2026, lengthen the temporary licensure clarification for contractor medical professionals from five to six years for a VA disability exam pilot, extend toxic‑exposure briefing requirements through Dec. 31, 2026, and allow a VA regional office to remain in the Philippines through 2026. - Housing, homeless veterans, and lenders: Would extend multiple homeless and specially adapted housing grant programs to 2026, adjust the VA Partial Claim Program rules including extending certain claim processing timelines from 120 to 180 days, and require annual GAO reports on program performance and borrower outcomes.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Housing help for homeless veterans: benefit, low. If enacted, this bill would extend a set of VA housing and homeless program funding through 2026. That includes supportive services for very low-income veteran families, reintegration grants for homeless women veterans and veterans with children, grants for homeless veterans with special needs, spe…
- Deadline extension for education benefits: benefit, low. If enacted, this bill would extend the deadline through September 30, 2026 for restoring VA education benefits for students and veterans affected by school closures or disapprovals. Affected people would keep the chance to have their entitlement restored during that extended period.
- VA health services and copays: mixed, medium. If enacted, this bill would extend many VA health authorities through September 30, 2026. Veterans would keep access to nursing home care, rural mental health expansion, suicide-prevention grants, and VA regional services in the Philippines. The bill would also keep VA authority to collect hospital…
- Changes to VA Partial Claim rules: mixed, medium. If enacted, this bill would change how the VA Partial Claim Program operates. Borrowers who default could become liable for losses, fees, and interest and could lose restored loan entitlement until repaid. The bill also clarifies guaranty and liquidation rules, extends some processing deadlines, le…

## Related bills

- 119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-2354: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026
- 119-s-3940: Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act

## Sources
- [119-s-2853 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2853)

## Related
- [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744)
- [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923)
- [119-s-2354: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2354)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5025)
- [119-s-3940: Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3940)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2853 (as of 2026-04-21).