H.R. 8580 – Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025

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En blocs receive up to twenty minutes of debate. Standalone amendments receive up to 10 minutes of debate.

Green indicates amendments en bloc. Black indicates standalone amendments.

En Bloc #1, offered by Carter (R-TX): ADOPTED BY VOICE

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 3 – Transfers $2 million from VA bureaucracy to resources for medical and prosthetic research to ensure our veterans receive cutting edge medical care from the VA

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 4 – Transfers $2 million from VA bureaucracy to the office of the inspector general to combat waste, fraud, and abuse

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 5 – Transfers $2 million from VA bureaucracy to grants for construction of veteran’s cemetery programs to assist state and tribal governments in providing burial benefits for veterans in rural areas lacking a VA national cemetery

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 6 -Transfers $2 million to provide additional funding for the construction of new state extended care facilities

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 7 – Transfers $2 million from VA bureaucracy to the board of veterans appeals to help reduce its backlog so that veteran claims can be adjudicated in a timely manner

Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) – Amendment No. 11 – Increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Health Administration for the purposes of submitting a report to Congress on the efforts of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure access to health care for veterans residing in geographic proximity to a Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic subject to closure

Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) – Amendment No. 12 – Increases and decreases funding for the VA Highly Rural Transportation Grant Program to underscore need to modernize the program, including updating the definition of highly rural, to provide dependable access to health care for veterans living in rural areas

Gonzalez (D-TX) – Amendment No. 13 – Increases funding for the Grants for Construction of Veterans Cemeteries by $2 million to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report to Congress on the need for veterans’ cemeteries in areas of high veteran population as determined by the Secretary. Offset the Information Technology Systems Funds Operations and Maintenance account by $2 million

Gonzalez (D-TX) – Amendment No. 14 – Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for the Grants for Construction of Veterans Cemeteries for the purposes of emphasizing the need for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to allow internment of Military Working Dogs in veteran cemeteries

Gottheimer (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 15 – Increases and decreases funding for General Operating Expenses by $1 million to provide additional support for the VA Transition Assistance Program to provide information, resources, and tools to service members and their families to help prepare for the move from military to civilian life   

LaLota (R-NY) – Amendment No. 23 – Increases and decreases the Grants for Construction of State Extended Care Facilities account at the Department of Veterans Affairs to express support and expedite pace of construction for delayed projects for state veterans homes across the country

LaLota (R-NY) – Amendment No. 24 – Increases and decreases the Department of Defense Base Closure account at the Department of Veterans Affairs to speed up PFAS remediation efforts at closed military installations where PFAS contamination affects local drinking water sources

LaLota (R-NY) – Amendment No. 25 – Increases and decreases the Veterans Health Administration, Medical Services account at the Department of Veterans Affairs to support peer-to-peer mental health programs, which support veterans by providing them with a safe space to share their experiences and receive support from fellow veterans who understand their unique challenges, fostering a sense of community and resilience

LaLota (R-NY) – Amendment No. 26 – Increases and decreases the Veterans Health Administration, Medical and Prosthetic Research account at the Department of Veterans Affairs to support Herbicide-Related Toxic Exposure Research, which investigates the long-term health impacts of exposure to harmful chemicals, leading to improved medical care, accurate diagnoses, and targeted treatments for conditions linked to such exposures

LaLota (R-NY) – Amendment No. 27 – Increases and decreases the Veterans Health Administration, Medical, Medical Facilities account at the Department of Veterans Affairs to support Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs), which support veterans by offering accessible, comprehensive healthcare services close to their homes, ensuring they receive consistent medical care, mental health services, and personalized treatment plans tailored to their needs

Norton (D-DC) – Amendment No. 30 – Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for the Veterans Benefits Administration to provide support to law school clinical programs that assist veterans with legal matters 

Wagner (R-MO) – Amendment No. 47 – Increases and decreases Military Construction Defense-wide by $200,000,000 to provide inflation relief for unanticipated inflation related costs incurred during the Presidential National Emergency Declaration lasting from March 13, 2020, to May 11, 2023, for firm fixed price military construction projects that were part of the Defense Priority and Allocation System program

Bergman (R-MI) – Amendment No. 1 – Increases and decreases the Medical and Prosthetic Research account at the Department of Veterans Affairs to express support for recently announced VA funded research into psychedelic-assisted therapies to treat PTSD and depression, and to encourage VA to prioritize the proactive training of therapists to administer these treatments – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Bergman (R-MI) – Amendment No. 2 –  Increases and decreases the Medical Services account at the Department of Veterans Affairs to urge VA to report to Congress no later than 180 days following approval of midomafetamine-assisted treatments to treat PTSD under Section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act on possible incorporation of treatments in the formulary of the Department and the justification for such determination – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Bost (R-IL) – Amendment No. 8 – Requires VA to apply the same access standards for Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (MH RRTP) as for primary care, specialty care, and non institutional extended care services – VOTE REQUESTED

Burchett (R-TN) – Amendment No. 9 – Prohibits funds from being used to ban or remove the photograph “V-J Day in Times Square” – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Crane (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 10 – Prohibits the VA from using funds to submit a beneficiary’s name to the NICS list based on VA’s appointment of a fiduciary – VOTE REQUESTED

Greene (R-GA)  – Amendment No. 16 –  Strikes funding for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program – VOTE REQUESTED

Hageman (R-WY) – Amendment No. 17 – Prohibits funding made available by this act from being used by the VA to continue decommissioning mileage reimbursement kiosks at VA facilities – ADOPTED BY VOICE

James (R-MI) – Amendment No. 18 – Increases and decreases $3,250,000 to Medical Facilities for the  building of a Community-based Outpatient Clinics and Mobile Medical Units to become more available for leasing, purchasing, and construction for VA hospital networks – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Kiggans (R-VA) – Amendment No. 19 – Increases and decreases funding for the purpose of encouraging the approval and development of privatized housing for unaccompanied service members – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Kiggans (R-VA) – Amendment No. 20 – Increases and decreases funding for the purpose of ensuring that the Department of Veterans Affairs maintains sufficient medical care for veterans who reside in US Territories and Freely Associated States – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Kiggans (R-VA) – Amendment No. 21 – Increases and decreases funding for the purpose of ensuring that the Department of Veterans Affairs fully funds and competently executes mental health care programs, with a special emphasis on suicide prevention and associated outreach – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Kiggans (R-VA) – Amendment No. 22 –  Increases and decreases funding for the purpose of expressing the urgency of expeditiously and efficiently utilizing increased demolition funding on Navy and Marine Corps bases – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Mast (R-FL) – Amendment No. 28 – Ensures veterans can participate in state-approved medical marijuana programs. Removes the current directive that prevents VA Medical Facility staff from recommending, making referrals, or completing forms and registering Veterans for participation in state-approved marijuana programs – VOTE REQUESTED

Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 29 – Increases and decreases the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) account by $10 million to reinforce the importance of strengthening the VHA’s Office of Mental Health and its work to assist veterans with disabilities and mental health and substance abuse challenges – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 31 – Increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund for the development of improved informational materials regarding the relative benefits of a VA home loan versus other types of housing loans for different homebuyer profiles – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 32 – Increase and decreases funding for medical services at the Veterans Health Administration for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in veterans – ADOPTED BY VOTE

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 33 – Increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Health Administration’s medical community care account to increase accessibility for in-home health care services for veterans – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 34 – Increases and decreases funding for the Board of Veterans Appeals to prioritize increasing processing speed for veteran casework – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 35 –  Increases and decreases funding for grants for construction of State Extended Care Facilities to focus on creating or maintaining nursing homes for America’s World War II, Korean, and Vietnam Veterans – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 36 –  Increases and decreases Veterans Health Administration, Medical Services, by $1 million for furnishing Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB) therapy to personnel who elect to receive the treatment – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Peters (D-CA) – Amendment No. 37 – Increases and decreases appropriations for the Veterans Health Administration – Medical Services – HUD-VA Supportive Housing (HUDVASH) program by $1,000,000 to encourage local VA systems and public housing authorities to work together to streamline the voucher application process to reduce barriers for veterans seeking housing assistance – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Peters (D-CA)  – Amendment No. 38 – Increases and decreases appropriations for the Veterans Health Administration – Medical Services – Supportive Services for Low Income Veterans and Families (SSVF) program by $1,000,000 to recognize the importance of SSVF’s Shallow Subsidy program in keeping veterans in their homes and preventing veterans from falling into homelessness – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Pfluger (R-TX) – Amendment No. 39 – Increases and decreases funding to direct the Department of Veteran Affairs to collaborate with with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a comprehensive study determining and identifying exposures associated with being a military aviator, connections between these exposures and various cancers, and prevalence of and mortality from specified cancers among those who served as active-duty aircrew – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Rodgers (R-WA) – Amendment No. 40 – Increases and decreases the Medical Community Care account to express the need for the VA to address emergency care coverage – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Rodgers (R-WA) – Amendment No. 41 – Increases and decreases the Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force, account to emphasize the importance of housing oversight – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Self (R-TX), on behalf of Roy (R-TX) – Amendment No. 42 – Prohibits funds to modify or remove any display of the Department of Veterans Affairs that bears the mission statement ‘‘To fulfill President Lincoln’s promise ‘to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan’ by serving and honoring the men and women who are America’s veterans’ ’’ – VOTE REQUESTED

Schweikert (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 43 –  Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for the Veterans Benefits Administration to provide support for utilizing AI to expedite claims – VOTE REQUESTED

Schweikert (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 44 – Increases and decreases funding by $10 million to conduct a study on the benefits of utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline oversight, mitigate and reduce fraud, and improve data accuracy and financial management practices at the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) – VOTE REQUESTED

Steube (R-FL), on the behalf Self (R-TX) – Amendment No. 45 – Prohibits the VA from using its funds to pay bonuses to senior executives in the VA Central Office – VOTE REQUESTED

Steube (R-FL) – Amendment No. 46 – Prohibits the use of funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs to process medical claims for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Health Service Corps – ADOPTED BY VOICE