Loading bill breakdown…
H.R. 6047119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security
Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Tom Barrett (R-MI) · 14 active : 14 Republicans
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate12 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedMay 21, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govSharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026
This bill expands specified benefits programs for veterans and their survivors and establishes a supplemental monthly allowance for certain disabled veterans.
The bill establishes a supplemental monthly allowance of $833.33 for veterans who are already eligible for a monthly aid and attendance allowance due to service-connected disabilities or traumatic brain injury.
Read full summaryHide full summary
The bill increases the rate of dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) by an additional 1% the next time DIC is adjusted for cost of living and an additional 0.5% the following adjustment. DIC is a monthly payment made to eligible survivors of (1) certain veterans who died due to a service-connected condition; (2) service members killed in the line of duty; or (3) veterans who were totally disabled by a service-connected disability for a certain period.
The bill expands eligibility for loans under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) home loan program to certain members of the reserve components and National Guard by expanding what qualifies as active duty. The bill includes annual training duty as qualifying active duty and grants eligibility for VA loan guarantees after 14 days of active-duty service (with an additional fee).
Under the VA home loan program, the bill extends certain loan fee rates through September 30, 2036, and increases the fees for certain refinancing loans and loan assumptions.
The bill extends the limitation on pension amounts for certain hospitalized or institutionalized veterans through September 30, 2036.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · HouseReported by · Markup by · Hearings by (full committee) · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Housing finance and home ownership
- User charges and fees
- Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 12Swing 70–100
- 70Middle 30–70
- 18Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
14 activeShow all 14 cosponsors
- Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS-AL)
- Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3)
- J. French Hill (R-AR-2)
- Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2)
- Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6)
- Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP-AL)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1)
- Mike Bost (R-IL-12)
- Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8)
- Richard Hudson (R-NC-9)
- Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1)
- Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2)
- Jeff Crank (R-CO-5)
- Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
