Fisher House Availability Act of 2025 was reported by committee and awaits a floor vote
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 180 words.
Fisher House Availability Act of 2025 This bill expands eligibility for temporary lodging at a Fisher House to additional individuals receiving medical care or treatment at a Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) or non-VA facility or those accompanying individuals receiving such treatment. (Fisher Houses are where the VA furnishes no-cost lodging to veterans and others when receiving treatment or accompanying an individual receiving treatment.) Specifically, the bill authorizes the VA to provide lodging at a Fisher House on a space-available basis to members of the Armed Forces, regardless of duty status, or any individual on active duty (i.e., eligible individuals) who must travel a significant distance to receive care or services; family members and others accompanying such eligible individuals to receive care or services; veterans, members of a veteran's family, and others who must travel a significant distance for a member of a veteran's family to receive care or services; and eligible individuals, members of an eligible individual’s family, and others who must travel a significant distance for a member of an eligible individual’s family to receive care or services.
- Committees
- Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security: 268 of 6,567 bills became law, 113th–118th (4.1%)
- Sponsor
- 15 of 292 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 560 words
- Subjects
- Health care coverage and accessHousing supply and affordabilityMilitary medicineMilitary personnel and dependentsVeterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
- Latest action
- Mar 18, 2026: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
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