WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) – chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs – today led the committee in passing 24 pieces of legislation to improve the lives of veterans, caregivers and survivors across the country. These bills include several of Sen. Moran’s top legislative priorities for veterans, including the Veterans’ ACCESS Act, the Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act and the HOPE for Heroes Act.

“The pieces of legislation that have now passed out of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs are crucial to the success of the Department of Veterans Affairs in carrying out its mission to support our nation’s veterans, their families and survivors,” said Sen. Moran. “I am grateful to all of the sponsors of these bills for their work on these proposals, and I am pleased that we were able to reach a bipartisan agreement to advance them to the full Senate.”

“The ACCESS Act will empower veterans with greater flexibility and control over when, where and how to use the VA healthcare benefits they have earned through their service,” continued Sen. Moran. “It will also provide life-saving support for veterans struggling with mental health conditions and addiction who have faced barriers to accessing the timely, quality care they need. Advancing the ACCESS Act is a crucial step forward for veterans everywhere, and I am grateful for strong support from committee members and veterans service organizations. I look forward to it being passed on the Senate floor and signed into law as soon as possible.”

A full list of the legislation that passed out of committee can be found here.

Sen. Moran Legislative Priorities Advanced Out of Committee:

• S.275 - Veterans' ACCESS Act
• Empowers veterans with more choices, information and control over their VA health care benefits.
• Supports veterans at-risk of suicide or overdose by permanently establishing access standards for mental health residential rehabilitation treatment programs.
• Expands the list of items that must be taken into consideration when considering whether it is in a veteran’s best medical interest to seek care in the community.

• S.506 – Coordinating Care for Senior Veterans and Wounded Warriors Act
• Establishes a pilot program to increase coordination of care for veterans who receive health care services through Medicare and VA.

• S.800 – Precision Brain Health Research Act of 2025
• Expands research into repetitive low-level blasts that veterans may have been exposed to in the military and its potential effects on various brain and mental health conditions.

• S.879 – Veteran Caregiver Reeducation, Reemployment, and Retirement Act
• Expands VA support for family caregivers of veterans as they transition into the workforce or retirement after their caregiving responsibilities have ended.

• S.1139 – HOPE for Heroes Act of 2025
• Expands and reauthorizes the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program to improve VA’s community outreach efforts to prevent and eliminate veteran suicide.

• S.1318 – Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act  
• Creates a 10-year program within the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) to identify and conduct research on servicemembers who are incorrectly memorialized and locate and contact their surviving descendants to facilitate a grave marker change to properly represent their religious heritage.

• S.2393 – Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act
• Increases certain VA benefits including disability compensation, clothing allowances and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children to reflect the reality of increases in the everyday cost of living.