Congress expands adaptive sports access for all veterans, not just recent retirees
H.R. 3219 — GAMES Act · Filed by Brian Mast (R-FL) · 4 cosponsors · Introduced May 6, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill expands eligibility for a military adaptive sports program by removing a one-year time limit that currently restricts participation to veterans within one year of their separation from service. Veterans who separated more than one year ago will now be able to enroll in the program, extending access to adaptive sports opportunities for a broader population of veterans.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative mechanism is to expand eligibility for an existing federal veterans' adaptive sports program by removing a temporal restriction. This is a straightforward benefit expansion with no offsetting costs or narrow carve-outs.
What the text implies
- Removes a sunset-like eligibility window, potentially increasing long-term program participation and associated federal costs for adaptive sports services.
- May increase demand on adaptive sports program resources and staffing, depending on how many additional veterans become newly eligible.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Veterans gain expanded access to adaptive sports programs without any corresponding cost or restriction imposed on other citizens. The bill removes a barrier to a benefit already available to some veterans, extending it to a larger eligible population.
Named in the bill
Department of Defense, U.S. veterans, military adaptive sports program, 10 U.S.C. § 2564a
Where it stands
4 cosponsors: 3 Republicans, 1 Democrats.
- May 6, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- May 6, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Armed Services · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
2 lobbying clients named this bill on 3 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $340,451 in lobbying spend. A filing names 169 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 41% of bills with at least one filing.
Brian Mast, the sponsor, reported $378,866 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Disabled American Veterans — $310,451 on 2 filings
- Wounded Warrior Project — $30,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 21, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (399 characters) on Sep 5, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 21, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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