HR 5919 119th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security

Veterans HOPE Act

Introduced: February 2, 2026 Introduced by: Murphy, Gregory F. Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov

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Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Nov 4, 2025

Introduced in House

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Veterans Heroin Overdose Prevention Examination Act or the Veterans HOPE Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to complete a review of the deaths of all covered veterans who died from opioid overdoses during the five-year period preceding the enactment of this bill. Covered veterans are those who received VA hospital care or medical services during the five-year period preceding the death of the veteran.

The VA shall report on the results of the review and make such report publicly available.

What's happening now November 4, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Veterans' Affairs Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 3

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

DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
for DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
for DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
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for DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025

Cosponsors 4

Tran, Derek

California · Feb 2, 2026

Gillen, Laura

New York · Jan 27, 2026

Vindman, Eugene Simon

Virginia · Nov 17, 2025

Courtney, Joe

Connecticut · Nov 4, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5919: Veterans HOPE Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5919/

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"H.R. 5919: Veterans HOPE Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5919/.

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H.R. 5919, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5919/.

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