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HR 695 · enacted · significant

Medal of Honor Act

What this bill does

  • Increases monthly pension for living Medal of Honor recipients from $1,407 to $8,333.
  • Provides pension benefits to surviving spouses of Medal of Honor recipients.
  • Both amounts adjust annually for inflation with no specified implementation date.

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  1. 01

    How should the federal government balance honoring Medal of Honor recipients with the annual cost of increasing their pensions from $1,407 to $8,333 monthly?

  2. 02

    What criteria should determine which surviving spouses of Medal of Honor recipients qualify for ongoing pension benefits?

  3. 03

    Why did lawmakers believe the previous pension amount of $1,407 monthly was insufficient for Medal of Honor recipients?

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Troy E. Nehls

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Introduced 2025-12-01

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-12-01 · President

    Became Public Law No: 119-43.

  2. 2025-12-01 · BecameLaw

    Became Public Law No: 119-43.

  3. 2025-12-01 · President

    Signed by President.

  4. 2025-12-01 · BecameLaw

    Signed by President.

  5. 2025-11-25 · house · Floor

    Presented to President.

  6. 2025-11-25 · President

    Presented to President.

  7. 2025-11-07 · senate · Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  8. 2025-11-07 · senate · Floor

    Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7976-7977)

  9. 2025-11-07 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

  10. 2025-11-07 · senate · Discharge

    Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.

  11. 2025-11-07 · Committee

    Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.

  12. 2025-02-27 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

  13. 2025-02-26 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  14. 2025-02-26 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 424 - 0 (Roll no. 51). (text: CR H857)

  15. 2025-02-26 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 424 - 0 (Roll no. 51). (text: CR H857)

  16. 2025-02-26 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 695.

  17. 2025-02-26 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H857-859)

  18. 2025-02-26 · house · Floor

    Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  19. 2025-01-23 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

  20. 2025-01-23 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  21. 2025-01-23 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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