Skip to main content
H.R. 1971 119th Congress House

Veterans SPORT Act

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to include adaptive prostheses and terminal devices for sports and other recreational activities in the medical services… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to include adaptive prostheses and terminal devices for sports and other recreational activities in the medical services furnished to eligible veterans by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Introduced: March 10, 2025 Introduced by: Mariannette Miller-Meeks Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security AthletesHealth technology, devices, suppliesOutdoor recreationVeterans' medical care
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 25, 2025
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Mar 25, 2025
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mar 10, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 10, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 10, 2025
Introduced in House
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

What's happening now March 25, 2025

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans Supporting Prosthetics Opportunities and Recreational Therapy Act or the Veterans SPORT Act

This bill includes adaptive prostheses and terminal devices for sports and other recreational activities within the definition of medical services under the laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Under the bill, these artificial limbs must be furnished as medical services to eligible veterans.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3138 Identical bill Veterans SPORT Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Lobbying activity 31

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

Bodies those filers lobbied

A filing lists the bills it worked on and the parts of government it contacted in separate sections, so these are the bodies those filers named anywhere in the filing, not a per-bill breakdown.

See all 31 filings →
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
R
Mast, Brian J.
Florida · Apr 15, 2026
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1971: Veterans SPORT Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1971/
MLA
"H.R. 1971: Veterans SPORT Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1971/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 1971, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1971/.
Markdown link
[H.R. 1971: Veterans SPORT Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1971/)
Report a problem