The record

LegislationLegislation· Sep 2025
HR 1860 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Sylvia R. Garcia (D)

Women Veterans Cancer Care Coordination Act

Requires VA to hire cancer care coordinators in each regional network for women veterans.

Tradeoff

Adds staff to coordinate breast and gynecologic cancer care for eligible women veterans. No offsetting cuts or funding figures are specified in the bill.

What's in it

See official bill text

Adds $5 million to the deficit over 2025-2030, then saves $30 million over the full 2025-2035 period due to a pension payment limitation expiring in 2032.

The bill roughly $2-3 million annually to fund VA care coordinators for women veterans with cancer, with the net cost varying over time due to a separate provision that reduces certain pension payments beginning in 2032.

H.R. 1860, Women Veterans Cancer Care Coordination Act · Jun 2025

Passed the House by on September 15, 2025 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Mar 5, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Veterans' Affairs(Mar 5, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Veterans' Affairs voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Jul 29, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-220.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Sep 15, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Veterans' Affairs(Sep 16, 2025)