Legislation· May 2025CHIP IN for Veterans Act of 2025
Makes permanent the VA's ability to accept donated property and facilities from nonfederal entities starting December 2026.
Tradeoff
Removes caps on donations the VA can accept from states, nonprofits, and private entities to expand veteran facilities. No new federal spending required.
What's in it
Increases direct spending by an insignificant amount (less than $500,000) over 10 years.
The bill authorizes the VA to accept property and construction donations that are not themselves federal costs, but CBO estimates any future federal spending obligations created by these arrangements will be negligible, making the actual federal budget impact essentially zero.
Passed the House by on May 19, 2025 — sitting in the Senate.
House
Introduced
(Jan 7, 2025)
House
Committee on Veterans' Affairs(Jan 7, 2025)
House
The Committee on Veterans' Affairs voted to send it to the floor
Reported(May 17, 2025)
Committee report H. Rept. 119-97.
House
Passage of the bill
Passed by (May 19, 2025)
No individual votes were recorded.
Senate
Received from the House
on Veterans' Affairs(May 20, 2025)
- Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
- Robert J. Wittman (R-VA)
- David G. Valadao (R-CA)
- Susie Lee (D-NV)
- Shri Thanedar (D-MI)
- Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA)