H.R. 3726 House Armed Forces and National Security
Fisher House Availability Act of 2025
STAGE 4 OF 8 — HOUSE FLOOR
Currently in the House. Last action: received in the senate and read twice and referred to the committee on veterans' affairs on May 20, 2026.
- House Introduced in House Jun 4, 2025
- House Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Jun 4, 2025
- House Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Jun 17, 2025
- House Subcommittee on Health Discharged Feb 5, 2026
- House Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Feb 12, 2026
- House Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote. Feb 12, 2026
- House Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-630. Apr 30, 2026
- House Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 546. Apr 30, 2026
- House Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3577) May 19, 2026
- House Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. May 19, 2026
- House Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3577-3579) May 19, 2026
- House DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3726. May 19, 2026
- House Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. May 19, 2026
- House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3577) May 19, 2026
- House Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. May 19, 2026
- House The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection. May 19, 2026
- Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. May 20, 2026
Cosponsors
3
Subjects
Military medicineVeterans' loans, housing, homeless programsVeterans' medical care
Committees
- Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Referred To , May 20, 2026
- Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Reported By , Apr 30, 2026
- Markup By , Feb 12, 2026
- Discharged from , Feb 5, 2026
- Referred To , Jun 4, 2025
Summary
Fisher House Availability Act of 2026This bill expands eligibility for temporary lodging at a Fisher House to additional individuals receiving medical care or treatment at a Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) or non-VA facility or those accompanying individuals receiving such treatment. (Fisher Houses are where the VA furnishes no-cost lodging to veterans and other eligible individuals when receiving treatment or accompanying an individual receiving treatment.)Specifically, the bill authorizes the VA to provide lodging at a Fisher House on a space-available basis tomembers of the uniformed services performing active duty (i.e., covered beneficiaries) who must travel a significant distance to receive care or services;family members and others accompanying such covered beneficiaries to receive care or services;veterans, members of a veteran's family, and others who must travel a significant distance for a member of a veteran's family to receive care or services; andcovered beneficiaries, members of a covered beneficiary’s family, and others who must travel a significant distance for a member of a beneficiary’s family to receive care or services.Finally, the bill extends the limitation on pension amounts for certain hospitalized or institutionalized veterans through July 31, 2033.
Summary as of: Reported to House
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