H.R. 8580 – Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025

Agreed to by Recorded Vote

Bost #8 – Requires VA to apply the same access standards for Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (MHRRTP) as for primary care, specialty care, and non-institutional extended care services AGREED TO 207-195
Crane #10 – Prohibits the VA from using funds to submit a beneficiary’s name to the NICS list based on VA’s appointment of a fiduciary AGREED TO 211-193
Mast #28 – Ensures veterans can participate in state-approved medical marijuana programs. Removes the current directive that prevents VA Medical Facility staff from recommending, making referrals, or completing forms and registering Veterans for participation in state-approved marijuana programs AGREED TO 290-116
Self/Roy #42 – Prohibits funds to modify or remove any display of the Department of Veterans Affairs that bears the mission statement ‘‘To fulfill President Lincoln’s promise ‘to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan’ by serving and honoring the men and women who are America’s veterans’’’ AGREED TO 206-200
Schweikert #43 – Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for the Veterans Benefits Administration to provide support for utilizing AI to expedite claims AGREED TO 333-70
Schweikert #44 – Increases and decreases funding by $10 million to conduct a study on the benefits of utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline oversight, mitigate and reduce fraud, and improve data accuracy and financial management practices at the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) AGREED TO 392-11
Steube #45 – Prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from using its funds to pay bonuses to senior executives in the VA Central Office AGREED TO 237-169-1

Failed by Recorded Vote

Greene #16 – Strikes funding for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program FAILED 46-354

Agreed to by Voice Vote

En Bloc #1 (Boebert #3, Boebert #4, Boebert #5, Boebert #6, Boebert #7, Perez #11, Perez #12, Vicente Gonzalez #13, Vicente Gonzalez #14, Gottheimer #15, LaLota #23, LaLota #24, LaLota #25, LaLota #26, LaLota #27, Norton #30, Wagner #47)
Bergman #1 – Increases and decreases the Medical and Prosthetic Research account at the Department of Veterans Affairs to express support for recently announced VA funded research into psychedelic-assisted therapies to treat PTSD and depression, and to encourage VA to prioritize the proactive training of therapists to administer these treatments
Bergman #2 – Increases and decreases the Medical Services account at the Department of Veterans Affairs to urge VA to report to Congress no later than 180 days following approval of midomafetamine-assisted treatments to treat PTSD under Section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act on possible incorporation of treatments in the formulary of the Department and the justification for such determination
Burchett #9 – Prohibits funds from being used to ban or remove the photograph “V-J Day in Times Square”
Hageman #17 – Prohibits funding made available by this act from being used by the VA to continue decommissioning mileage reimbursement kiosks at VA facilities
James #18 – Increases and decreases $3,250,000 to Medical Facilities for the  building of a Community-based Outpatient Clinics and Mobile Medical Units to become more available for leasing, purchasing, and construction for VA hospital networks
Kiggans #19 – Increases and decreases funding for the purpose of encouraging the approval and development of privatized housing for unaccompanied service members
Kiggans #20 – Increases and decreases funding for the purpose of ensuring that the Department of Veterans Affairs maintains sufficient medical care for veterans who reside in US Territories and Freely Associated States
Kiggans #21 – Increases and decreases funding for the purpose of ensuring that the Department of Veterans Affairs fully funds and competently executes mental health care programs, with a special emphasis on suicide prevention and associated outreach
Kiggans #22 –  Increases and decreases funding for the purpose of expressing the urgency of expeditiously and efficiently utilizing increased demolition funding on Navy and Marine Corps bases
Molinaro #29 – Increases and decreases the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) account by $10 million to reinforce the importance of strengthening the VHA’s Office of Mental Health and its work to assist veterans with disabilities and mental health and substance abuse challenges
Ogles #31 – Increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund for the development of improved informational materials regarding the relative benefits of a VA home loan versus other types of housing loans for different homebuyer profiles
Ogles #32 – Increases and decreases funding for medical services at the Veterans Health Administration for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans
Ogles #33 – Increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Health Administration’s medical community care account to increase accessibility for in-home health care services for veterans
Ogles #34 – Increases and decreases funding for the Board of Veterans Appeals to prioritize increasing processing speed for veteran casework
Ogles #35 – Increases and decreases funding for grants for construction of State Extended Care Facilities to focus on creating or maintaining nursing homes for America’s World War II, Korean, and Vietnam Veterans
Perry #36 – Increases and decreases Veterans Health Administration, Medical Services, by $1 million for furnishing Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB) therapy to personnel who elect to receive the treatment
Peters #37 – Increases and decreases appropriations for the Veterans Health Administration – Medical Services – HUD-VA Supportive Housing (HUDVASH) program by $1,000,000 to encourage local VA systems and public housing authorities to work together to streamline the voucher application process to reduce barriers for veterans seeking housing assistance
Peters #38 – Increases and decreases appropriations for the Veterans Health Administration – Medical Services – Supportive Services for Low Income Veterans and Families (SSVF) program by $1,000,000 to recognize the importance of SSVF’s Shallow Subsidy program in keeping veterans in their homes and preventing veterans from falling into homelessness
Pfluger #39 – Increases and decreases funding to direct the Department of Veteran Affairs to collaborate with with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a comprehensive study determining and identifying exposures associated with being a military aviator, connections between these exposures and various cancers, and prevalence of and mortality from specified cancers among those who served as active-duty aircrew
Rodgers #40 – Increases and decreases the Medical Community Care account to express the need for the VA to address emergency care coverage
Rodgers #41 – Increases and decreases the Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force, account to emphasize the importance of housing oversight
Steube #46 – Prohibits the use of funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs to process medical claims for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Health Service Corps