Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Purple Heart Veterans Education Act of 2025
Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize an individual who is awarded the Purple Heart for service in the Armed Forces to transfer unused Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to a family member, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Patty Murray D-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 30, 2025
- Committee actionMar 18, 2026
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 18, 2026 — Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 342.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 342, Purple Heart Veterans Education Act of 2026” on April 1, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on March 18, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 1, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62277
- CBO publication date
- April 1, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 342, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/342
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of July 14, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 342, last updated July 14, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
13 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 5 Democrats, 1 independent
7 of 13 cosponsors (54%) are from the other party.
Michael Bennet (D-CO), John Boozman (R-AR), John Cornyn (R-TX), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Steve Daines (R-MT), John Hoeven (R-ND), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Angus King (I-ME), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Rick Scott (R-FL), Thomas Tillis (R-NC), Ron Wyden (D-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Patty Murray.
- S.Res. 596 (119th) A resolution designating the week of February 2 through 6, 2026, as "National School Counseling Week".
- S.Res. 50 (119th) A resolution designating the week of February 3 through 7, 2025, as "National School Counseling Week".
- S. 1564 (119th) Floodplain Enhancement and Recovery Act
- S.Res. 191 (119th) A resolution supporting the designation of April 2025 as the "Month of the Military Child".
- S.Res. 610 (119th) A resolution congratulating the Seattle Seahawks for winning Super Bowl LX.
- S. 1320 (119th) Servicewomen and Veterans Menopause Research Act
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.