H.R. 5420 119th Congress House

VA Extenders Act of 2025

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain authorities and requirements relating to health care and benefits furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 17, 2025 Introduced by: Tom Barrett Republican · Michigan See on congress.gov

Armed Forces and National Security

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Sep 17, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Sep 17, 2025

Introduced in House

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Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Veterans' Affairs Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 14

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

NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
for NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS · Virginia · 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 · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
for NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
CAROL G HOLLADAY & ASSOCIATES
for SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HOSPITAL SYSTEM · Georgia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
for NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS · Virginia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
14 filings
SENATE
14 filings
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
9 filings
Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)
5 filings
White House Office
5 filings
Bureau of Justice Assistance
4 filings
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
4 filings
Defense, Dept of (DOD)
4 filings

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5420: VA Extenders Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5420/

MLA

"H.R. 5420: VA Extenders Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5420/.

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H.R. 5420, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5420/.

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