[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6047 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6047
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs to increase the dollar amounts for the payment of
certain disability compensation and dependency and indemnity
compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 17, 2025
Mr. Barrett (for himself, Mr. Bost, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Ciscomani, Mrs.
Radewagen, Ms. King-Hinds, Mr. Hudson, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mr.
Hill of Arkansas, Mr. Luttrell, Mr. Wittman, and Mrs. Miller-Meeks)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs
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A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs to increase the dollar amounts for the payment of
certain disability compensation and dependency and indemnity
compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson
Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN RATES OF CERTAIN DISABILITY COMPENSATION AND
DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION UNDER LAWS
ADMINISTERED BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) Increase to Rates of Wartime Disability Compensation.--
(1) In general.--Section 1114 of title 38, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(u) In the case of a veteran eligible for a monthly aid and
attendance allowance under subsection (r) or subsection (t) of this
section, the Secretary shall, in addition to the total amount of
compensation for which the veteran is eligible under this section, pay
the veteran a supplemental monthly allowance at the rate of $833.33.''.
(2) Effective date; applicability.--Subsection (u) of such
section (as added by paragraph (1)) shall take effect on
December 1, 2026, and shall apply to months beginning on or
after such date.
(b) Increase to Rates of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation.--
Section 5312 of such title is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
``(d)(1) Whenever there is an increase in benefit amounts payable
under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) as a
result of a determination made under section 215(i) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 415(i)), the Secretary shall, effective on the date of such
increase in benefit amounts, increase the dollar amounts in effect for
the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation by the Secretary
under paragraph (1) and paragraph (3) of section 1311(a) of this title,
as such amounts were in effect immediately before the date of such
increase in benefit amounts payable under title II of the Social
Security Act, by a percentage equal to the sum of--
``(A) the percentage by which such benefit amounts are
increased; and
``(B) one percent.
``(2) Whenever there is an increase under paragraph (1) in amounts
in effect for the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation, the
Secretary shall publish such amounts, as increased pursuant to such
paragraph, in the Federal Register at the same time as the material
required by section 215(i)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
415(i)(2)(D)) is published by reason of a determination under section
215(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)).
``(3) The requirement to increase the amounts in effect for the
payment of dependency and indemnity compensation by the Secretary
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall--
``(A) take effect on December 1, 2026, and shall apply with
respect to months beginning on or after such date; and
``(B) terminate after the date on which the fifth increase
to such amounts pursuant to such paragraph occurs.''.
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF WAIVERS OF FEES COLLECTED FOR HOUSING LOANS
GUARANTEED, INSURED, OR MADE BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS.
Section 3729(c) of such title is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``A fee'' and inserting
``Subject to paragraph (2), a fee'';
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (4); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new
paragraphs:
``(2) During the period beginning on the date of the enactment of
the Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of
2025 and ending on September 30, 2035, a fee may be collected under
this section--
``(A) for a subsequent loan (as such term is defined in
subsection (b)); and
``(B) from a veteran who is receiving compensation (or who,
but for the receipt of retirement pay or active service pay,
would be entitled to receive compensation) on the basis of a
disability rated at 70 percent or less.
``(3) The authority under paragraph (2) shall take effect on August
1, 2026, and shall apply with respect to months beginning on or after
such date.''.
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