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H.R. 9237 (119th): Take Care of America's Veterans Act

Take Care of America's Veterans Act This bill addresses veterans’ benefits, health care, counseling, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) personnel, VA infrastructure, and the Veterans Community Care Program (VCCP). The bill modifies various compensation programs for veterans, including by (1) allowing concurrent receipt of disability compensation and military retired pay for certain retirees with a combat-related disability, (2) extending entitlement for various benefits and services to remarried surviving spouses, (3) increasing the rate of dependency and indemnity compensation, and (4) establishing a supplemental monthly allowance for certain disabled veterans. The bill also addresses VA education and training benefits, including by (1) modifying which independent study programs are covered under veterans’ educational assistance benefits, (2) requiring Transition Assistance Program counseling to include a presentation about VA benefits, and (3) increasing the housing allowance rate for individuals pursuing apprenticeships. The bill revises health care provisions, including by (1) expanding support and assistance provided to family caregivers, (2) extending the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, and (3) expanding the scope of VA mental health research. Among other elements, the bill revises VA disability ratings for sleep apnea and tinnitus; expands eligibility for a memorial headstone or marker for the spouse, surviving spouse, child, or dependent of a veteran or member of the Armed Forces; addresses the administration of the VCCP and codifies the eligibility standards; establishes a standardized screening process for priority or routine admission to certain mental health care programs; and addresses VA personnel, hiring, and infrastructure matters.

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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 bill, described in the summary as the Take Care of America's Veterans Act, covers veterans' benefits, health care, counseling, VA personnel and infrastructure, and the Veterans Community Care Program. It allows concurrent receipt of disability compensation and retired pay for certain combat-disabled retirees, extends benefits to remarried surviving spouses, raises dependency and indemnity compensation, and creates a supplemental allowance for certain disabled veterans. It also expands family caregiver support, extends a suicide prevention grant program, expands VA mental health research, revises disability ratings for sleep apnea and tinnitus, broadens headstone eligibility, codifies VCCP eligibility standards, and establishes a standardized mental health admission screening process. The metadata title, 'On Motion to Recommit,' is procedural and does not match the substantive summary.

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Theological note: The measure bears on the care owed to those who bore arms and to their families, including widows, dependents, and the disabled, and on the protection of life through suicide prevention and mental health care. Scripture's concern for justice toward the faithful servant and for the care of the afflicted makes these matters morally relevant. Questions of fiscal stewardship, administrative design, and the proper scope of benefits remain prudential and are not resolved by this summary.

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Recorded votes

Roll 249 · 16-Jul-2026 11:15 AM · On Motion to Recommit · Failed

Yea 210 · Nay 211 · Other 10

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