S. 3988 119th Congress Senate

Veterans STAND Act

Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to offer annual preventative health evaluations to veterans with a sp… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill 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.

Introduced: March 4, 2026 Introduced by: Jerry Moran Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov

Armed Forces and National Security Disability and paralysisDisability assistanceVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationVeterans' medical careVeterans' pensions and compensation

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Apr 29, 2026

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

Mar 4, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Mar 4, 2026

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

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What's happening now April 29, 2026

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

Hearings & markups 1

Hearings to examine S.749, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend increased dependency and indemnity compensa…
Open Hearing Apr 29, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT · Veterans' Affairs Committee

Related & companion bills 2

Bill text 1 version

Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 1

Veterans' Affairs Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 11

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

ALPEX INTERNATIONAL, LLC
for ONWARD MEDICAL, INC. · Massachusetts · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
THE ALS ASSOCIATION
for THE ALS ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
for PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
for DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
UNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION
for UNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION · New York · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
for DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
11 filings
SENATE
11 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
6 filings
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
6 filings
Veterans Employment & Training Service
6 filings
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
5 filings
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
4 filings
Education, Dept of
4 filings

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3988: Veterans STAND Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3988/

MLA

"S. 3988: Veterans STAND Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3988/.

Bluebook (legal)

S. 3988, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3988/.

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