S. 3898 119th Congress Senate

Gerald’s Law Reauthorization Act of 2026

Official title: A bill to amend the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act to extend burial benefits for certain veterans who die… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act to extend burial benefits for certain veterans who die at home while in receipt of hospice care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Introduced: February 24, 2026 Introduced by: John Boozman Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov

Armed Forces and National Security

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Feb 24, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Feb 24, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now February 24, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Veterans' Affairs Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 5

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

NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME (FORMERLY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HOME CARE & HOSPICE)
for NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME (FORMERLY NATL ASSN FOR HOME CARE & HOSPICE) · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
I STREET ADVOCATES
for THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME (FORMERLY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HOME CARE & HOSPICE)
for NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME (FORMERLY NATL ASSN FOR HOME CARE & HOSPICE) · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
I STREET ADVOCATES
for THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
I STREET ADVOCATES
for THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
5 filings
SENATE
5 filings
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
2 filings
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
1 filing

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Cosponsors 1

Peters, Gary C.

Michigan · Feb 24, 2026

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3898: Gerald’s Law Reauthorization Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3898/

MLA

"S. 3898: Gerald’s Law Reauthorization Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3898/.

Bluebook (legal)

S. 3898, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3898/.

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[S. 3898: Gerald’s Law Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3898/)