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H.R. 5995 119th Congress House

Have You Served Act

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to eligible entities for the purpose of carrying out Ask the Question Campaigns, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 10, 2025 Introduced by: Julia Brownley Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security
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Dec 9, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 10, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Nov 10, 2025
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Have You Served Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide grants to certain states (including U.S. territories and possessions and the District of Columbia), American Indian tribes, or Alaska Native tribes to carry out campaigns to encourage human services professionals, state and local governments, and community providers to ask consumers whether they or a loved one have served in the Armed Forces. To be eligible, a state, American Indian tribe, or Alaska Native tribe must develop and submit a veteran suicide prevention plan to the VA.

Such grants must be used for training about (1) how to appropriately ask consumers whether they or a loved one have served in the Armed Forces, and (2) resources available through the VA or other providers for members of the Armed Forces and veterans to encourage the trained individuals to refer consumers to such resources.

The VA must also develop a plan to work with each federal department and agency to implement similar campaigns.

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 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
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Carson, André
Indiana · Dec 9, 2025
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Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Nov 17, 2025
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Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Nov 12, 2025
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Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Nov 12, 2025
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Thanedar, Shri
Michigan · Nov 10, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5995: Have You Served Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5995/
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"H.R. 5995: Have You Served Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5995/.
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H.R. 5995, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5995/.
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