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Medal of Honor Act

Public Law 119-43 · H.R. 695 · 119th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Donald Trump (R) on Dec 1, 2025 · Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor: Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX-22)

Cosponsors (4): Rep. Chris Pappas,

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 424 yea, 0 nay424–0
  • SenateUnanimous consent
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The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

This 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.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 119th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 424 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

424 yea0 nay9 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(211)

Republicans who voted yea(213)

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The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 50 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

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Related bills

1 bill the Library of Congress relates to this one.

  • S. 214Related bill

    MEDAL Act of 2025

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Related bills are identified by the Congressional Research Service, the House and the Senate: companion and identical bills, bills with similar text, bills that were folded into this law, and rules that brought it to the floor. A bill that is itself a public law in this site’s data links here; the others link to Congress.gov.

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 14 actions.

  1. Dec 1, 2025Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 119-43.
  2. Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  3. Nov 25, 2025FloorFloor · Presented to President.
  4. Nov 7, 2025FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  6. CommitteeCommittee · Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  7. Feb 27, 2025CommitteeCommittee · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  8. Feb 26, 2025FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  9. FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 424 - 0 (Roll no. 51).House roll call 51
  10. FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 695.
  11. FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
  12. FloorFloor · Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  13. Jan 23, 2025CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  14. IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in House
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Amendments

No amendments to this bill are on record.

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Amendments offered to this bill in either chamber, as the Library of Congress records them: each with a status read from its last recorded step: agreed to, rejected, withdrawn, ruled out of order, fell with another amendment, or offered with no vote recorded (most Senate amendments are only ever offered). The wording of each amendment is the source’s. Amendments to amendments and amendments to other bills are not listed.

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Official record

The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.