The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2025
HR 695 Signed into law

Sponsored by Troy E. Nehls (R)

Medal of Honor Act

Increases monthly pensions for living Medal of Honor recipients and extends a nursing-home pension limit.

Tradeoff

Raises Medal of Honor pensions and extends a cap on payments to veterans in nursing homes. No offset mentioned in the bill.

What's in it

See official bill text

The House passed this 424-0 on February 26, 2025. The Senate passed it by on November 7, 2025, and it was signed into law.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Jan 23, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Veterans' Affairs(Jan 23, 2025)

  3. House

    On Motion to and Pass, as Amended

    Passed(Roll #51 · Feb 26, 2025)

    424 yeanay 0

  4. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Veterans' Affairs(Feb 27, 2025)

  5. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Nov 7, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  6. Senate

    Taken away from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

    Discharged(Nov 7, 2025)

  7. House

    Sent to the President

    (Nov 25, 2025)

  8. White House · Signature

    Signed

    Donald Trump (R)

  9. Enacted

    Became law(Dec 1, 2025)

Final passage· Feb 26, 2025· 119th Congress · 2025–2027