Virginia Congressional Bills

in committee · Virginia · House Sep 16, 2025

HR 5398: Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act of 2026

This bill ensures continued pay for specific Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel and Coast Guard members during government shutdowns in fiscal years 2026-2027. It directly affects DHS law enforcement officers (including those in job series like 0083, 1801, and 1811), DHS administrative and payroll staff, and Coast Guard personnel. The bill authorizes emergency funding from the Treasury to cover their pay and allowances when regular appropriations are not in place. This funding expires on January 1, 2027, or earlier if Congress passes a new appropriations bill covering these costs.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill Huizenga (R) · 24 co-sponsors

in committee · Virginia · House Sep 16, 2025

HR 5415: Nitazene Control Act of 2025

This bill permanently bans nitazenes and all structurally related synthetic opioids under federal law, creating a broad definition that covers numerous chemical variations designed to evade current restrictions. It directly affects anyone manufacturing, distributing, or possessing these substances without authorization, including illicit drug producers and users. The key mechanism is a class-wide Schedule I classification that includes specific structural features (like modified benzimidazole rings) and excludes new analogs from legal loopholes. This approach aims to prevent new nitazene variants from entering the illegal market and addresses their role in overdose deaths. Substances previously temporarily banned under similar rules will now be permanently prohibited as of the bill's enactment.

Topics ✗ Criminal Justice

in committee · Virginia · House Sep 16, 2025

HR 5401: Pay Our Troops Act of 2026

HR 5401, the Pay Our Troops Act of 2026, ensures military personnel, civilian Defense workers, and supporting contractors receive pay during government funding gaps in fiscal year 2026. It appropriates emergency funds for active-duty service members, reserves, and their supporting personnel (including Coast Guard staff under DHS) if regular appropriations aren't enacted by the end of the fiscal year. The bill provides necessary pay and allowances during any period when full-year funding is unavailable, covering both active service and support roles. Funding expires when regular appropriations are passed, a funding resolution is enacted, or January 1, 2027, whichever comes first. This is a procedural measure to prevent pay delays for military and support staff during fiscal year 2026 funding lapses.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes

in committee · Virginia · House Sep 16, 2025

HR 5390: FAMILY Act

The FAMILY Act would establish a national paid family and medical leave insurance program that provides wage replacement benefits for workers needing time off for caregiving or medical reasons. It defines "qualified caregiving" to include caring for a family member with a serious health condition, personal medical needs, or recovery from violence (including domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking). Benefits would be calculated based on earnings, with a minimum monthly benefit of $580 and maximum of $4,000, administered by a new Office of Paid Family and Medical Leave within the Social Security Administration. Eligible individuals would need to have worked for at least 8 quarters in the previous year and file an application with required documentation, while existing state paid leave programs would continue to operate alongside this federal program.

Topics ✓ Healthcare ✓ Labor & Employment

Rosa L. DeLauro (D) · 207 co-sponsors

passed · Virginia · House Sep 16, 2025

HR 3767: Health Professionals Scholarship Program Improvement Act of 2025

HR 3767, the Health Professionals Scholarship Program Improvement Act of 2025, requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to guarantee full-time clinical employment contracts for scholarship participants within 90 days of completing their training. These contracts must be at VA facilities with the highest need, offering competitive salaries and benefits consistent with VA standards. The bill mandates biannual reports to Congress on implementation until September 30, 2027, to track compliance with the new employment requirement. This directly affects health professionals who complete VA scholarship programs by ensuring post-graduation job placement. The key mechanism is the mandatory 90-day employment guarantee for participants, replacing previous processes.

Topics ✓ Healthcare ✓ Labor & Employment ✓ Veterans

passed · Virginia · House Sep 16, 2025

HR 3494: VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act

HR 3494 authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to purchase or develop a cloud-based inventory management system for medical supplies at VA hospitals. The bill requires a pilot program at one VA facility before full implementation and allocates $50 million in funding for this effort. It mandates that the VA complete the system's implementation across all VA hospitals within three years of the bill's enactment. This legislation directly affects VA medical facilities by changing how they track and manage medical supplies.

Topics ✓ Healthcare ✓ Technology ✓ Veterans

passed · Virginia · House Sep 16, 2025

HR 3400: TRAVEL Act of 2025

This bill creates a program to assign traveling physicians to provide healthcare services to veterans residing in U.S. territories, including Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It allows the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to assign physicians for up to one year at VA facilities in these territories, requiring coordination with local medical providers to ensure quality care. Physicians assigned under this program would receive a relocation or retention bonus similar to existing federal employee incentives. The bill directly affects veterans in U.S. territories and VA healthcare operations there.

Topics ✓ Healthcare ✓ Veterans

passed · Virginia · House Sep 16, 2025

HR 1860: Women Veterans Cancer Care Coordination Act

HR 1860 establishes Regional Breast Cancer and Gynecologic Cancer Care Coordinators within the VA to improve care coordination for veterans diagnosed with breast or reproductive system cancers (like cervical, ovarian, or uterine cancer) who receive treatment through the Veterans Community Care Program at non-VA facilities. These coordinators, reporting to the VA’s Breast and Gynecologic Oncology System of Excellence, will directly connect veterans with community care providers, monitor treatment outcomes, document care in electronic records, and provide veterans with information on emergency care and mental health resources. The bill requires the VA to create regional care coordination networks, prioritizing rural veterans’ needs, and mandates a 3-year report comparing health outcomes between VA and community care for these veterans. It focuses on streamlining care coordination rather than creating new benefits or funding.

Topics ✓ Healthcare ✓ Veterans

in committee · Virginia · House Sep 16, 2025

HR 1670: Family Building FEHB Fairness Act

The Family Building FEHB Fairness Act (HR 1670) adds fertility treatment benefits to the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program. It directly affects federal employees and their families who use FEHB coverage, expanding what medical services the program pays for. Key provisions define "fertility treatment" to include services like in vitro fertilization (IVF), embryo preservation, genetic testing of embryos, artificial insemination, and related medications. The bill amends existing law to require FEHB plans to cover these services starting one year after the bill becomes law. This change ensures federal employees have access to fertility care as part of their health benefits package.

Topics ✓ Healthcare ✓ Labor & Employment

passed · Virginia · House Sep 16, 2025

HR 1107: Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025

HR 1107, the *Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025*, allows Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health professionals to prescribe and dispense medications regulated under federal law (like opioids or stimulants) via telemedicine without requiring an in-person medical exam first. This directly affects veterans receiving VA care and VA-employed health professionals who provide telemedicine services. The bill requires providers to hold a valid state license, act within their professional scope, and ensure prescriptions serve a legitimate medical purpose. It does not change existing federal drug laws but streamlines access to controlled medications for veterans through telehealth, particularly benefiting those in rural or remote areas.

Topics ✓ Healthcare ✓ Veterans

Steve Womack (R) · 28 co-sponsors

in committee · Virginia · House Sep 16, 2025

HR 491: Equal COLA Act

Equal COLA Act This bill applies a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for annuities paid under the Federal Employees Retirement System that is equal to the increase in inflation, regardless of the amount of the increase. Specifically, for any year in which the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has increased over the previous year, the COLA amount shall be increased by the change in the CPI from the previous year. Current law applies an adjustment equal to the change in CPI only if the change is 2% or less. If the change is between 2% and 3%, the adjustment is limited to 2%. If the change is more than 3%, the adjustment is limited to 1% less than the change.

in committee · Virginia · House Sep 16, 2025

HR 492: Saving the Civil Service Act

Saving the Civil Service Act This bill generally prohibits changes to the classification of positions in the competitive service and excepted service unless certain conditions are met. (Competitive service positions are subject to competitive examination while excepted service positions are appointed under one of five schedules. Competitive service positions have notice and appeal requirements for adverse actions that are not applicable to most excepted positions, including those of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character under Schedule C.) On October 21, 2020, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that placed executive agency positions that are of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character, and that are not normally subject to change as a result of a presidential transition, under a new Schedule F in the excepted service. The order was subsequently revoked by President Joe Biden. The bill prohibits executive agency positions in the competitive service from being placed in the excepted service, unless such positions are placed in a schedule in the excepted service as in effect on September 30, 2020. The bill also prohibits positions in the excepted service from being placed in any schedule other than the aforementioned schedules. Additionally, agencies may not (1) transfer occupied positions from the competitive or excepted service into Schedule C without the consent of the Office of Personnel Management, or (2) transfer employees in the excepted service to another schedule or transfer employees in the competitive service to the excepted service without employee consent.

Topics ✓ Labor & Employment

Virginia Congressional Bills

Bill results