# 119-s-4162: Get Justice-Involved Veterans BACK HOME Act

119-s-4162, Get Justice-Involved Veterans BACK HOME Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] (I-ME); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-4162
- Congress: 119
- Title: Get Justice-Involved Veterans BACK HOME Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-03-23
- Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] (I-ME)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**This bill would create a VA-run pilot to deliver specialized mental health care to incarcerated veterans**, while adding veteran housing in prisons, assuring benefit continuity at release, and improving data on veteran incarceration. - Veterans: It would fund VA mental health care for incarcerated veterans with priority for service-connected PTSD, traumatic brain injury, or military sexual trauma, require care by VA providers only, and bar copayments. Services may be delivered by telemental health or VA mobile units and must run in at least five facilities. - Prisons and staff: It would require the Bureau of Prisons to create dedicated veteran housing units where feasible and to coordinate training and resources with VA. If housing units are not feasible the bureau must run structured veteran-focused programs with VA oversight. - Benefits and oversight: It would automatically resume VA compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) payments on an individual’s release, set a 180-day effectiveness window for that change, and mandate new federal data collection and annual reports to Congress on incarcerated veterans.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] (R-NE), 2026-03-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Automatic VA payments after release: benefit, high. This bill would require VA compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) payments that were stopped because of incarceration to resume automatically on the veteran's release date. The rule would apply where payments were interrupted under the law for incarceration. The change would t…
- VA mental health and veteran housing: benefit, medium. This bill would require the VA to run a mental health pilot for incarcerated veterans at at least five facilities. The pilot would give priority to veterans with service‑connected PTSD, TBI, or military sexual trauma and would use VA providers with no copays. The VA would use telehealth where possi…
- New reports on veterans in prison: benefit, medium. This bill would require the Director to collect and analyze data on veterans incarcerated in State and Federal prisons. The Director would send a report to Congress within 180 days of enactment and then annually after that.

## Related bills

- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-1260: Rural Housing Service Reform Act of 2025
- 119-s-560: EAGLES Act of 2025
- 119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026
- 119-s-2461: Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2025
- 119-s-1639: American Innovation and Jobs Act

## Sources
- [119-s-4162 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4162)

## Related
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-1260: Rural Housing Service Reform Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1260)
- [119-s-560: EAGLES Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-560)
- [119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5025)
- [119-s-2461: Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2461)
- [119-s-1639: American Innovation and Jobs Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1639)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4162 (as of 2026-04-21).