# 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.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: family_policy. Category: children. Lane tag: command.
Lane: inflation_adjustment. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: medal_of_honor. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: medicaid_nursing_home. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: pension. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: procedural. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: veterans_benefits. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 51: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill combines a clear honor-and-care good (raising pensions for Medal of Honor recipients) with a prudential concern (extending a low monthly cap on pensions for institutionalized veterans without family). Its core dispute is ordinary benefit and spending policy, not direct moral evil or the restraint of a named evil.
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.

## Recorded votes

Roll 51: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Yea 424 · Nay 0 · Other 9.

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