The Take Care of America’s Veterans Act is a comprehensive legislative effort that reflects years bipartisan, bicameral work — expanding access to care, strengthening benefits, and delivering real change for veterans and their families.
Congress is advancing a major veterans omnibus bill — a single, comprehensive package designed to move a wide range of solutions forward at once. Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) has long advocated for dozens of the reforms included, and we believe this bill represents a rare opportunity to deliver meaningful progress for millions of veterans, families, and caregivers.
While we have concerns about how some parts of the bill would be paid for, it includes long-overdue improvements that veterans and their families have waited years to see. We are continuing to work with Congress to address those concerns and strengthen the legislation as it moves forward.
Specifically, this bill would: | |||
| Pass the Major Richard Star Act to end the wounded veteran tax and strengthen benefits for veterans and their families | |||
| Improve access to timely, high-quality mental health care, helping prevent veteran suicide | |||
| Ensure wounded, ill, and injured veterans have the resources they need to live independent, fulfilling lives | |||
This legislation has the potential to make a meaningful difference for millions of veterans, their families, and caregivers — but it needs support in Congress to move forward.
Urge your members of Congress to continue advancing the Take Care of America's Veterans Act and work toward a final package that strengthens support for veterans while addressing concerns about how the legislation is paid for.
WWP supports advancing the Take Care of America's Veterans Act because it includes more than 60 bipartisan, bicameral provisions that would expand benefits, improve health care, strengthen support for caregivers and survivors, advance brain health research, and improve services for wounded veterans and their families.
At the same time, WWP has concerns about how some parts of the bill would be paid for. We are continuing to work with Congress, VA, the Administration, and coalition partners to improve the bill while ensuring veterans receive the benefits and support they have earned.
You can read our formal statements here: WWP's Statement | Joint VSO Statement.
WWP supports the vast majority of reforms included in the package, but we have concerns about how some of the new benefits would be paid for.
Specifically, we have concerns about provisions tied to future disability compensation for sleep apnea and tinnitus, as well as other offset mechanisms included in the legislation.
Our position is simple: veterans should not be asked to pay for benefits for other veterans. We believe Congress should continue working toward a final package that expands support for veterans, caregivers, survivors, and families while addressing these funding concerns.
The Take Care of America's Veterans Act (H.R. 9237 / S. 4744) is a comprehensive veterans legislative package that brings together more than 60 reforms to improve care, benefits, and services for veterans, caregivers, survivors, and families. The bill expands access to health care and mental health services, enhances caregiver and survivor programs, advances brain health research, improves support for women veterans, and addresses the needs of severely injured veterans and their families.
The Take Care of America's Veterans Act includes more than 60 provisions designed to address some of the most pressing challenges facing veterans, caregivers, survivors, and military families. Among them are reforms that would:
Veterans from all generations could benefit from provisions included in the package, particularly combat-injured veterans, caregivers, women veterans, veterans living with mental health conditions, veterans with traumatic brain injuries, and families navigating VA programs and benefits.
Yes. The Take Care of America's Veterans Act includes the Major Richard Star Act, a long-fought priority that would help nearly 60,000 combat-injured veterans receive both military retired pay and VA disability compensation.
You can help by contacting your members of Congress and urging them to strenghten and advance the Take Care of America's Veterans Act. Lawmakers need to hear directly from veterans, military families, caregivers, and supporters about why these reforms matter.
