S 3466 · in committee · significant
Honor Our Promise to Veterans Act of 2025
- veterans
What this bill does
- This bill requires the VA to schedule veteran appointments within certain timeframes and provide information about wait times and driving distances.
- Veterans and VA healthcare providers are affected, including non-VA providers in the community care program.
- The bill removes pay caps for VA healthcare staff, funds scholarships for medical trainees, and authorizes funding for facility improvements.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would removing pay caps for VA staff affect the department's budget and ability to fund other veteran services?
- 02
What evidence suggests that scheduling requirements and wait-time transparency will meaningfully improve veteran health outcomes?
- 03
How might expanding community care access through this bill impact wait times at VA facilities versus non-VA providers?
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Sponsor · D-CT
Richard Blumenthal
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
12/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-12-11
Joining the bill
Angela D. Alsobrooks
D-MD · original
Tammy Duckworth
D-IL · original
Mazie K. Hirono
D-HI · original
Angus S. King Jr.
I-ME · original
Patty Murray
D-WA · original
Bernard Sanders
I-VT · original
Catherine Cortez Masto
D-NV · original
Jeanne Shaheen
D-NH
Sheldon Whitehouse
D-RI
Tammy Baldwin
D-WI
Jeff Merkley
D-OR
Adam B. Schiff
D-CA
Legislative timeline
2025-12-11 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2025-12-11 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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