H.R. 3088 119th Congress House

Veterans Hearing Health Expansion Act

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to include licensed hearing aid specialists under the Veterans Community Care Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 30, 2025 Introduced by: Tom Barrett Republican · Michigan See on congress.gov

Armed Forces and National Security

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Became law

May 12, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Apr 30, 2025

Introduced in House

Apr 30, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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What's happening now May 12, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Veterans' Affairs Committee
Veterans' Affairs Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 10

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

BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
for INTERNATIONAL HEARING SOCIETY · Michigan · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
for DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
for DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
for DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
for INTERNATIONAL HEARING SOCIETY · Michigan · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
for INTERNATIONAL HEARING SOCIETY · Michigan · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10 filings
SENATE
10 filings
Defense, Dept of (DOD)
7 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
7 filings
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
7 filings
Small Business Administration (SBA)
7 filings
U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
7 filings
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
7 filings

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Cosponsors 3

Yakym, Rudy

Indiana · Aug 31, 2026

Riley, Josh

New York · Dec 2, 2025

Scholten, Hillary J.

Michigan · Sep 16, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3088: Veterans Hearing Health Expansion Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3088/

MLA

"H.R. 3088: Veterans Hearing Health Expansion Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3088/.

Bluebook (legal)

H.R. 3088, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3088/.

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