Who it affects
- Comptroller General
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Congressional veterans’ affairs, spending, and budget committees
In committeeVeteransHealth careGovernment spending
Veterans Healthcare Improvement Act
H.R. 5996 · House bill · Introduced Nov. 10, 2025
The Veterans Healthcare Improvement Act would require reviews and reports to Congress on the president’s Department of Veterans Affairs medical care budget requests for fiscal years 2026–2028.
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How South Carolina voted
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What it would do
- The bill would require the Comptroller General, Congress’s chief auditor, to review these budget requests for fiscal years 2026–2028.
- Reviews would cover medical services, medical support and compliance, medical facilities, and community care.
- The auditor would report findings to House and Senate committees overseeing veterans’ affairs, spending, and budgets.
- The auditor would consult congressional veterans’ affairs committees about the reports’ timing and scope.
- The bill requires reviews and reports, not changes to medical care funding.
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How South Carolina voted
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Groups that lobbied on it and gave to SC's members
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Official record
Official title, sponsor and status
- Official title
- To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct reviews of certain budget requests of the President for the medical care accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Sponsor
- Rep. Brownley, Julia (D-CA)
- Introduced
- Nov. 10, 2025
- Cosponsors
- 10
- Committees
- House Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Latest action
- Nov. 17, 2025 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Official summary from the Congressional Research Service
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Lobbyists report every three months, about 20 days after each quarter ends. We have January 2025 through September 2026 reports. Newer reports will be added once filed and published. Reports for October through December 2026 are due January 20, 2027.