Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Veteran Caregiver Reeducation, Reemployment, and Retirement Act
Official title: A bill to expand medical, employment, and other benefits for individuals serving as family caregivers for certain veterans, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Jerry Moran R-KSWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2025
- Committee actionJul 30, 2025
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 2025 — 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. 879.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 879, Veteran Caregiver Reeducation, Reemployment and Retirement Act” on February 24, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 30, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62126
- CBO publication date
- February 24, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 879, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/879
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e79ffa9bb8d3e1054b6c1a16896b0fab07a730bef06471b6ce30de2d03877a6b
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of June 18, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 879, last updated June 18, 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
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
4 of 5 cosponsors (80%) are from the other party.
Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Mike Rounds (R-SD).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Jerry Moran.
- S. 2392 (119th) Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025
- S. 2393 (119th) Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act
- S. 1318 (119th) Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act
- S. 1591 (119th) ARCA Act of 2025
- S.Res. 913 (119th) A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas.
- S.Res. 64 (119th) A resolution honoring the memory of the victims of the tragic mid-air collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and United States…
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.