H.R. 5635
119th Congress
House
Veterans Healthcare Equality Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity in connection with the furnishing of health care under laws a… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity in connection with the furnishing of health care under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 15, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 30, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sep 30, 2025
Introduced in House
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What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Lobbying activity
10
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
- DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
- DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
- DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
- Defense, Dept of (DOD)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
- Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
Cosponsors
28
D
Moulton, Seth
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Garcia, Sylvia R.
D
Waters, Maxine
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Randall, Emily
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Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila
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McBride, Sarah
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Dexter, Maxine
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McGarvey, Morgan
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Mullin, Kevin
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Pappas, Chris
D
Underwood, Lauren
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Simon, Lateefah
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Ansari, Yassamin
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Balint, Becca
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Brownley, Julia
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Chu, Judy
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Craig, Angie
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Krishnamoorthi, Raja
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
D
Ramirez, Delia C.
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Takano, Mark
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Thanedar, Shri
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Tlaib, Rashida
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Tonko, Paul
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
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Walkinshaw, James R.
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Williams, Nikema
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5635: Veterans Healthcare Equality Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5635/
"H.R. 5635: Veterans Healthcare Equality Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5635/.
H.R. 5635, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5635/.
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