Medal of Honor recipients currently receive a fixed special pension of $1,406.73 a month from the Department of Veterans Affairs. This bill replaces that flat dollar amount with a rate tied to VA disability compensation tables, pegged to the next tier above what a veteran with no dependents receives at the highest compensation level, which amounts to a substantial pay increase. The Department cannot apply this new cost-of-living-style boost twice within the same calendar year. Separately, the bill pushes back the expiration date of an unrelated pension-payment limit for other veterans' benefits, from November 30, 2031 to January 31, 2033. The pension change itself reaches a very small group, since only a few dozen living Medal of Honor recipients currently receive the special pension.
Congressional Summary
Medal of Honor ActThis act increases the monthly special pension for living Medal of Honor recipients. The act also prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from increasing the amount of the pension for inflation if the amount was already increased during such year.Additionally, the act extends a limitation on the pension paid to veterans who reside in Medicaid nursing homes and have no spouse or child. Currently, such pensions are limited to $90 per month through November 30, 2031. The act extends this limitation through January 31, 2033.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Public Law
- Action Date
- 2025-12-01
- Date Added
- 2026-07-08
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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