VA must track veteran suicides on its property and report findings to Congress
H.R. 6000 — Veterans’ Sentinel Act · Filed by Jason Crow (D-CO) · 7 cosponsors · Introduced Nov 10, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a working group to systematically collect, analyze, and report data on suicides and suicide attempts by veterans occurring on VA property. The working group will review root causes, consolidate fragmented data sources, recommend improvements to data collection processes, and brief Congress annually on findings and progress over a 2–5 year period.
Why we flagged it
The bill's core function is to mandate systematic data collection and analysis on veteran suicides at VA facilities, coupled with mandatory congressional reporting. This is a transparency and accountability measure aimed at improving suicide prevention through evidence-based policy.
What the text implies
- Consolidating fragmented suicide data may reveal systemic gaps in VA mental health services, potentially triggering demands for increased funding or staffing.
- Annual congressional briefings create a public record of veteran suicide trends, which may increase political pressure on VA leadership and Congress to fund prevention programs.
- The bill does not mandate specific prevention actions—only data collection and reporting—so findings may not automatically translate into policy changes without follow-up legislation.
- Root cause analysis and family interviews (Behavioral Health Autopsy Program) may surface institutional failures or negligence, creating potential liability exposure for the VA.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Veterans and their families gain transparency and accountability regarding suicide prevention on VA property; Congress and the public obtain data-driven insights to improve mental health interventions. The bill imposes no restrictions on veterans' rights or access to care—it only mandates data collection and analysis to support suicide prevention.
Named in the bill
Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Secretary, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Behavioral Health Autopsy Program
Where it stands
7 cosponsors: 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats.
- Nov 10, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Nov 10, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Dec 2025 to Dec 2025. Those filings disclosed $50,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 20 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 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Jason Crow, the sponsor, reported $225,340 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Votevets Action Fund, Inc. — $50,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jan 20, 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 (4,108 characters) on Sep 27, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 15,316 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 Dec 2025. 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 Jan 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-27.
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