Medal of Honor recipients get higher monthly pensions.
H.R. 695 — Medal of Honor Act · Filed by Troy Nehls (R-TX) · 4 cosponsors · Introduced Jan 23, 2025 · Signed
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What it does
This bill raises the monthly pension paid to living Medal of Honor recipients. The pension will be tied to the highest disability payment rate. That rate is for veterans with no family to support. The pension will rise each year. The bill also extends a limit on pension payments until January 31, 2033.
Who it affects
Medal of Honor recipients get a raise to their current pension. This is a small group of people who have shown great heroism.
One thing to notice
The pension will rise each year without needing Congress to vote again. The bill extends a limit on pension payments. The full details are not shown in the text provided.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
4 cosponsors: 3 Republicans, 1 Democrats.
- Jan 23, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jan 23, 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 26, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required)…”
- Feb 26, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”
- Nov 7, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent”
- Nov 7, 2025 — Passed both chambers · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7976-7977)”
- Nov 25, 2025 — Sent to president · Congress.gov: “Presented to President”
- Dec 1, 2025 — Signed into law · Congress.gov: “Became Public Law No: 119-43”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Medal of Honor — The highest military award given for great heroism in combat.
- pension — Regular monthly money paid to a person, often after they stop working.
- disability payment rate — The amount of money the government pays to hurt or sick veterans.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,324 characters) on Jun 8, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,206 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 2026-09-17.
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