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Justice for America’s Veterans and Survivors Act of 2025
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit an annual report that contains data and information on the causes of deaths among veterans, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit an annual report to Congress with data on the causes of death among veterans. The report must include information for each veteran who died, including whether they had a service-connected disability rated as total, the primary and secondary causes of death, and whether they died by suicide related to a service-connected disability. The report must also provide a total count of veterans who died from each identified primary cause during the reporting period. The bill amends title 38 of the United States Code to establish this reporting requirement. The data will allow Congress and the VA to track patterns in veteran mortality.
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Actions (4)
- Jun 24, 2025 Subcommittee Hearings Held · house
- Jun 6, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. · house
- May 29, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · house
- May 29, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 29, 2025
Mr. Edwards (for himself and Ms. Morrison) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit an annual report that contains data and information on the causes of deaths among veterans, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Justice for America’s Veterans and Survivors Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ANNUAL REPORT ON CAUSES OF DEATH AMONG VETERANS.
(a) In General.—Subchaper II of chapter 5 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “Sec. 534. Annual report on causes of death among veterans
“(a) In General.—The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate an annual report that contains data and information on causes of death among veterans.
“(b) Elements.—Such report shall include—
“(1) for each veteran that died during the period covered by the report—
“(A) an identification of—
“(i) whether such veteran had a service- connected disability rated as total;
“(ii) the primary cause of death; and
“(iii) the secondary cause of death, if applicable; and
“(B) a statement of whether such veteran died by suicide secondary to a service-connected disability rated as total;
“(2) for each primary cause of death identified pursuant to paragraph (1), a statement of the total number of veterans that died from such primary cause of death during the period covered by the report.”.
(b) Clerical Amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 533 the following new item:
“534. Annual report on causes of death among veterans”. <all>
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