Service members get help moving to civilian life at four bases.
S. 5585 — BRIDGE Act of 2026 · Filed by Alex Padilla (D-CA) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Sep 29, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the Department of Defense to start a three-year test. It will run at four military bases. One base is on the West Coast. One is in the Midwest. One is on the East Coast. One is outside the U.S. Nonprofits will help service members and their families. Help starts within one year before they leave. Services include peer support, job training, spouse job help, and counseling.
Who it affects
Service members and their families who are about to leave the military will get help. The program focuses on people forced to leave or who have fast timelines. Nonprofits that work with military families will run the program.
One thing to notice
Only four bases get this help, so service members at other bases do not. The bill does not say how much money or how many staff the program needs.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Sep 29, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Sep 29, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (6,395 characters) on Oct 13, 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.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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