VA mammography pilot becomes permanent nationwide service for veterans
S. 3395 — Mammography Access for Veterans Act of 2025 · Filed by Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) · 4 cosponsors · Introduced Dec 9, 2025 · Hearing held
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What it does
This bill converts the VA's telescreening mammography pilot program into a permanent, nationwide service and requires the VA to offer at least one mammography program (telescreening, full-service, or mobile) in every state and Puerto Rico within two years. It also mandates accessibility for veterans with disabilities and removes the program's sunset date, replacing it with a May 1, 2027 reporting deadline.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative mechanism is converting a temporary VA pilot program into a permanent, nationwide mammography service mandate. It is straightforward health-access legislation with no hidden provisions or narrow beneficiaries.
What the text implies
- The bill does not appropriate funds; implementation depends on VA budget authority and congressional appropriations. If funding is not provided, the mandate may create unfunded obligations.
- The May 1, 2027 reporting deadline replaces the original 'one year after conclusion' language, potentially extending the program's evaluation period and delaying any future policy decisions.
- Accessibility requirements are tied to 'applicable accessibility requirements' without specifying which standards apply, creating potential ambiguity in implementation.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Veterans, particularly women veterans and those with disabilities, gain guaranteed access to mammography screening across all states rather than a limited pilot. The bill expands a health service without restricting any citizen rights or imposing new costs on the public.
Named in the bill
Department of Veterans Affairs, Public Law 117–135, 38 U.S.C. 7322 note, Making Advances in Mammography and Medical Options for Veterans Act
Where it stands
4 cosponsors: 2 Democrats, 2 Republicans.
- Dec 9, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Dec 9, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs”
- Apr 29, 2026 — Hearing held · Congress.gov: “Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held”
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 2 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $974,387 in lobbying spend. A filing names 38 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.
Richard Blumenthal, the sponsor, reported $110,550 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Military Officers Association of America — $854,387 on 1 filing
- Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Inc — $120,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 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 (2,118 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 Jun 2026 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 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-27.
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