Military families can use VA housing when traveling for medical care.
H.R. 3726 — Fisher House Availability Act of 2025 · Filed by Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 4, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The bill lets active-duty service members and their families stay at Fisher Houses. Fisher Houses are free or low-cost places to sleep near hospitals. Families can use them when they travel far for medical care. They can stay at VA hospitals or other hospitals. Veterans still get to use Fisher Houses first. The bill also moves a deadline for pension payments from 2026 to 2033.
Who it affects
Active-duty service members and their families traveling for medical care get free or cheap housing. Veterans keep their priority to use Fisher Houses. The Department of Veterans Affairs must manage the housing.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say how many families can stay at each house. It also does not define how far families must travel to use the houses.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 3 Democrats.
- Jun 4, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jun 4, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs and Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs”
- Feb 12, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Feb 12, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote”
- May 19, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3577)”
- May 19, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Fisher Houses — Free or low-cost homes run by the VA where military families can stay near hospitals.
- Department of Veterans Affairs — The government agency that helps veterans and runs VA hospitals.
- active-duty service members — People who work full-time in the military right now.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,769 characters) on Jul 9, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 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.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-21.
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