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S. 3119 119th Congress Senate

Fisher House Availability Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make temporary lodging facilities of the Department of Veterans Af… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make temporary lodging facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs available for members of the Armed Forces, other individuals on active duty, and family members of such individuals on a space-available basis, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 6, 2025 Introduced by: Jerry Moran Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Health care coverage and accessHousing supply and affordabilityMilitary medicineMilitary personnel and dependentsVeterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
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Became law
Mar 18, 2026
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Dec 10, 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-247.
Dec 10, 2025
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Nov 6, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Nov 6, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fisher House Availability Act of 2025

This bill expands eligibility for temporary lodging at a Fisher House to additional individuals receiving medical care or treatment at a Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) or non-VA facility or those accompanying individuals receiving such treatment. (Fisher Houses are where the VA furnishes no-cost lodging to veterans and others when receiving treatment or accompanying an individual receiving treatment.)

Specifically, the bill authorizes the VA to provide lodging at a Fisher House on a space-available basis to

  • members of the Armed Forces, regardless of duty status, or any individual on active duty (i.e., eligible individuals) who must travel a significant distance to receive care or services;
  • family members and others accompanying such eligible individuals to receive care or services;
  • veterans, members of a veteran's family, and others who must travel a significant distance for a member of a veteran's family to receive care or services; and
  • eligible individuals, members of an eligible individual’s family, and others who must travel a significant distance for a member of an eligible individual’s family to receive care or services.
 Hearings & markups 2
 Bill text 1 version

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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Nov 6, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3119: Fisher House Availability Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3119/
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"S. 3119: Fisher House Availability Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3119/.
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S. 3119, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3119/.
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