H.R. 1671 119th Congress House

Justice for Vaccine Injured Veterans Act of 2025

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a presumption of service-connection under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a presumption of service-connection under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for certain diseases associated with the COVID-19 vaccine that become manifest during the one-year period following the receipt of the vaccine, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 27, 2025 Introduced by: Warren Davidson Republican · Ohio See on congress.gov

Armed Forces and National Security Cardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightGovernment information and archivesImmunology and vaccination

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Infectious and parasitic diseasesMilitary personnel and dependentsVeterans' medical careVeterans' pensions and compensation

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Feb 27, 2025

Introduced in House

Feb 27, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Justice for Vaccine Injured Veterans Act of 2025

This bill establishes a presumption of service-connection for certain conditions that become manifest in a member of the Armed Forces who received a COVID-19 vaccine under orders any time from August 24, 2021, through January 10, 2023. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific conditions diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.

Specifically, the bill establishes a presumption of service-connection, regardless of whether there is a record of evidence of the condition during a servicemember's period of service, for myocarditis, pericarditis, thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and any other condition the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) determines is warranted based on a positive association with the COVID-19 vaccine. Under the bill, if the VA determines an additional condition should be specified, it must submit a notice of such determination to Congress.

The VA must also report to Congress every 60 days for four years regarding claims for compensation related to a condition associated with the COVID-19 vaccine. Such reports must be made publicly available.

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Committees of jurisdiction 3

Armed Services Committee
House of Representatives
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Veterans' Affairs Committee
Veterans' Affairs Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 8

Luna, Anna Paulina

Florida · Mar 3, 2025

Steube, W. Gregory

Florida · Mar 3, 2025

Fallon, Pat

Texas · Feb 27, 2025

Gosar, Paul A.

Arizona · Feb 27, 2025

Massie, Thomas

Kentucky · Feb 27, 2025

Miller, Mary E.

Illinois · Feb 27, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1671: Justice for Vaccine Injured Veterans Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1671/

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"H.R. 1671: Justice for Vaccine Injured Veterans Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1671/.

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