Fairness for Servicemembers and their Families Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
Became Law
Summary
Creates scheduled, inflation-linked reviews of the automatic maximum life-insurance coverage for servicemembers and veterans. The VA Secretary must compare current SGLI and VGLI automatic maximums to an inflation-adjusted benchmark and send the results to Congressional Veterans' Affairs committees.
Show full summary
- Servicemembers and families: Sets a formal process so automatic Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance amounts are reassessed and may be increased within existing administrative increments to better track inflation.
- VA and Congress: Requires an initial review on January 1, 2026 and repeats every five years. The Secretary must use the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers and compute a benchmark equal to $500,000 times the average five-year CPI change, then report findings to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs committees.
Personalized for You
How does this bill affect your finances?
Personalize government policy and PRIA will tell you what this bill means for your household, plus every other piece of legislation we track. PRIA reads each provision against your financial profile to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Regular SGLI and VGLI review
The law requires the VA to run a review on January 1, 2026, and every five years after. For each review the VA compares the current automatic maximum to a benchmark. The benchmark is $500,000 multiplied by the five‑year average percent change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. The VA must send the review results to the House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs. The findings can guide future coverage increases under the VA's existing administrative incremental rules. The law does not itself raise insurance coverage.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
WA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3]
TX • R
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25]
CA • D
Sponsored 4/21/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
View on Congress.gov