1HOUSE · MAY 21, 2026
Passed the House
235–179PASSED
R 204–3 D 30–176 I 1–0
On Passage · roll 191 · 16 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the dollar amounts for the payment of certain disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary.
Sponsor: Rep. Tom Barrett R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 17, 2025
- Committee actionFeb 12, 2026
- Passed HouseMay 21, 2026 · 235–179
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 2, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6047.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6047, Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026” on March 12, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on February 12, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 12, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62209
- CBO publication date
- March 12, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6047, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6047
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-577 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on April 2, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 2, 2026 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/577
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6047, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6047
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARRETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 193, November 17, 2025, Page H4705):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 17, 2025 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6047, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6047
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
831405d70d165c94b30c60e29e973c57071767e44c33a21a8341aef1f4f9aa8c
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 6047. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
14 cosponsors — 14 Republicans
0 of 14 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mike Bost (R-IL), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Jeff Crank (R-CO), J. Hill (R-AR), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP), Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Barrett.
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- H.R. 3055 (119th) TRANSPORT Jobs Act
- H.R. 3481 (119th) Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025
- H.R. 3482 (119th) Veterans Community Care Scheduling Improvement Act
- H.R. 1039 (119th) Clear Communication for Veterans Claims Act
Related bills
- H.Res. 1300 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1041) to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs…Related bill
- H.R. 7009 (119th) Home Affordability for Guard and Reserve ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.