Published Jun 11, 2026, 2:16 PM EDT
Congress unveils a 60-bill veterans package expanding benefits, survivor support, retirement pay and VA services ahead of America250.
Congressional leaders unveiled a sweeping bipartisan veterans package Thursday that combines more than 60 separate bills into a single legislative effort, potentially delivering one of the largest expansions of veterans benefits, survivor support and VA reforms in years. The newly introduced Take Care of America's Veterans Act (H.R. 9237) includes the Major Richard Star Act, the Love Lives On Act, expanded benefits for Gold Star families and catastrophically disabled veterans, reforms to VA health care and community care programs, and measures aimed at improving access to housing and benefits. The package includes more than 60 bipartisan bills negotiated by leaders of the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees and is expected to serve as Congress' signature veterans legislation ahead of America250, the nationwide commemoration of the nation's 250th anniversary. The legislation brings together proposals that have individually generated years of advocacy from veterans organizations, survivor groups and lawmakers, including the Major Richard Star Act, the Love Lives On Act and measures aimed at increasing compensation for catastrophically disabled veterans and Gold Star families. By combining them into a single package, congressional leaders hope to improve the bill's chances of becoming law. Committee leaders in both chambers have indicated they intend to move the package in the coming weeks, giving it a realistic chance of becoming one of the most consequential veterans bills of the current Congress.
