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H.R. 5919 119th Congress House

Veterans HOPE Act

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a review of opioid overdose deaths among veterans, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 4, 2025 Introduced by: Gregory F. Murphy Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security
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Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Nov 4, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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 Cosponsors 4
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Tran, Derek
California · Feb 2, 2026
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Gillen, Laura
New York · Jan 27, 2026
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Vindman, Eugene Simon
Virginia · Nov 17, 2025
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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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[H.R. 5919: Veterans HOPE Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5919/)
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