H.R. 8044 119th Congress House

Get Justice-Involved Veterans BACK HOME Act

Official title: To improve the provision of services from the Department of Veterans Affairs to incarcerated veterans, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 24, 2026 Introduced by: Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov

Armed Forces and National Security Correctional facilities and imprisonmentEnvironmental healthGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigations

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Health care coverage and accessMental healthVeterans' medical care

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

May 20, 2026

Committee Hearings Held

Mar 24, 2026

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Mar 24, 2026

Introduced in House

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What's happening now May 20, 2026

Committee Hearings Held

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
Veterans' Affairs Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 4

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

AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
WITH HONOR ACTION, INC.
for WITH HONOR ACTION, INC. · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
WITH HONOR ACTION, INC.
for WITH HONOR ACTION, INC. · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
4 filings
SENATE
4 filings
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
4 filings
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
2 filings
Defense, Dept of (DOD)
2 filings
Education, Dept of
2 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
2 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
2 filings

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Cosponsors 3

Larsen, Rick

Washington · Oct 22, 2026

Stansbury, Melanie A.

New Mexico · Jun 25, 2026

Luttrell, Morgan

Texas · Mar 24, 2026

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8044: Get Justice-Involved Veterans BACK HOME Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8044/

MLA

"H.R. 8044: Get Justice-Involved Veterans BACK HOME Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8044/.

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H.R. 8044, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8044/.

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