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H.R. 695 (119th): Medal of Honor Act This act increases the monthly special pension for living Medal of Honor recipients

Medal of Honor Act This act increases the monthly special pension for living Medal of Honor recipients. The act also prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from increasing the amount of the pension for inflation if the amount was already increased during such year. Additionally, the act extends a limitation on the pension paid to veterans who reside in Medicaid nursing homes and have no spouse or child. Currently, such pensions are limited to $90 per month through November 30, 2031. The act extends this limitation through January 31, 2033.

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Rankings updated October 26, 2026, 11:44 AM ET · Votes through September 30, 2026
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Recorded summary

The Medal of Honor Act increases the monthly special pension for living Medal of Honor recipients. It bars the Department of Veterans Affairs from applying an inflation increase to that pension in a year when the amount was already increased. It also extends, from November 30, 2031 to January 31, 2033, a $90 monthly limit on pensions paid to veterans who live in Medicaid nursing homes and have no spouse or child.

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Theological note: The bill concerns honoring extraordinary valor and providing for veterans who served, which connects to justice and gratitude toward those who bear costs for the common good. It also raises stewardship questions about public spending and about how the government treats its most vulnerable veterans, including those in nursing-home care without family support. These are issues of prudential judgment rather than a clear direct advancement or restraint of moral harm.

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Recorded votes

Roll 51 · 26-Feb-2025 4:33 PM · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Passed

Yea 424 · Nay 0 · Other 9

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