YourVoice.Now Summary
Transparency & AccountabilityRequires an annual VA report tracking causes of veteran deaths, including suicides linked to service-connected disabilities.
Transparency & Accountability
- VA reporting requirements — Secretary must submit annual report on veteran causes of death, including suicide linked to service-connected disabilities
The details
Veterans and their families would gain more visibility into how service members die under a bill that requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to publish an annual report tracking causes of death among veterans, including primary and secondary causes for each veteran who passed away during the reporting period. For veterans with a total service-connected disability, the report would specifically identify whether their death was a suicide linked to that disability. The VA would also have to total up how many veterans died from each cause during the year. Lawmakers say the data is needed to understand patterns in veteran mortality, including the relationship between severe service-connected disabilities and suicide risk. The report would go to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees each year.
Congressional Summary
Justice for America’s Veterans and Survivors Act of 2025This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to annually report on causes of death among veterans.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-05-29
- Date Added
- 2026-07-19
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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