H.R. 6835
119th Congress
House
Veterans STAND Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to offer annual preventative health evaluations to veterans with a spinal co… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to offer annual preventative health evaluations to veterans with a spinal cord injury or disorder and increase access to assistive technologies, and for other purposes.
Armed Forces and National Security
Disability and paralysisDisability assistanceVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationVeterans' medical careVeterans' pensions and compensation
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 30, 2026
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Feb 12, 2026
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 18, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Dec 18, 2025
Introduced in House
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Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
2
Lobbying activity
17
- ALPEX INTERNATIONAL, LLC
- PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
- DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
- BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
- CURE SMA
- UNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
- Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Cosponsors
21
D
Hayes, Jahana
R
Kean, Thomas H.
D
Carson, André
D
Vindman, Eugene Simon
R
Guest, Michael
R
Fry, Russell
R
Bost, Mike
D
Crow, Jason
D
Davis, Donald G.
D
Golden, Jared F.
D
Gottheimer, Josh
R
Huizenga, Bill
R
James, John
R
Lawler, Michael
D
Lee, Susie
D
Lofgren, Zoe
R
Moolenaar, John R.
D
Neguse, Joe
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
R
Nunn, Zachary
R
Van Orden, Derrick
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6835: Veterans STAND Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6835/
"H.R. 6835: Veterans STAND Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6835/.
H.R. 6835, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6835/.
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