House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Restore Veterans’ Compensation Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the recoupment of separation pay, special separation benefits, and voluntary separation incentive payments from members of the Armed Forces who subsequently receive disability compensation under laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs and to impose limitations on the authority of the Secretary of Defense to recoup such pay from members who subsequently receive military retired or retainer pay.
Sponsor: Rep. Gus Bilirakis R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 13, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 7, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7027.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BILIRAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 9, January 13, 2026, Page H718):The Constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 137 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7027, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7027
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 22, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gus Bilirakis.
Related bills
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.