substantiveFeb 26, 2025 · House roll call · passage · Result: Passed
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended — H R 695 — Medal of Honor Act
Medal of Honor Act
In plain language
- This House bill from the 119th Congress is titled the Medal of Honor Act.
- Official subject tags include veterans’ pensions and compensation and inflation.
- The official summary would increase the monthly special pension for living Medal of Honor recipients and prohibit the VA from increasing the pension for inflation if the amount was already increased during that year.
- It would also extend a limitation on the pension paid to veterans who reside in Medicaid nursing homes and have no spouse or child.
- Currently, as described here, such pensions are limited to $90 per month through November 30, 2031; the act would extend that limitation through January 31, 2033.
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)
Medal of Honor Act This act increases the monthly special pension for living Medal of Honor recipients. The act also prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from increasing the amount of the pension for inflation if the amount was already increased during such year. Additionally, the act extends a limitation on the pension paid to veterans who reside in Medicaid nursing homes and have no spouse or child. Currently, such pensions are limited to $90 per month through November 30, 2031. The act extends this limitation through January 31, 2033.
Roll-call breakdown
Yea424
Democrat: 211 · Independent: 1 · Republican: 212
Nay0
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Present0
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Not Voting9
Democrat: 4 · Republican: 5
How each member voted (433)
Yea (424)
- Aaron Bean (Republican–FL)
- Abraham J. Hamadeh (Republican–AZ)
- Adam Gray (Democrat–CA)
- Adam Smith (Democrat–WA)
- Addison P. McDowell (Republican–NC)
- Adrian Smith (Republican–NE)
- Adriano Espaillat (Democrat–NY)
- Al Green (Democrat–TX)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democrat–NY)
- Alma S. Adams (Democrat–NC)
- Ami Bera (Democrat–CA)
- André Carson (Democrat–IN)
- Andrea Salinas (Democrat–OR)
- Andrew Ogles (Republican–TN)
- Andrew R. Garbarino (Republican–NY)
- Andrew S. Clyde (Republican–GA)
- Andy Barr (Republican–KY)
- Andy Biggs (Republican–AZ)
- Andy Harris (Republican–MD)
- Angie Craig (Democrat–MN)
- Ann Wagner (Republican–MO)
- Anna Paulina Luna (Republican–FL)
- April McClain Delaney (Democrat–MD)
- Ashley Hinson (Republican–IA)
- August Pfluger (Republican–TX)
- Austin Scott (Republican–GA)
- Ayanna Pressley (Democrat–MA)
- Barry Loudermilk (Republican–GA)
- Barry Moore (Republican–AL)
- Becca Balint (Democrat–VT)
- Ben Cline (Republican–VA)
- Bennie G. Thompson (Democrat–MS)
- Beth Van Duyne (Republican–TX)
- Betty McCollum (Democrat–MN)
- Bill Foster (Democrat–IL)
- Bill Huizenga (Republican–MI)
- Blake D. Moore (Republican–UT)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democrat–NJ)
- Brad Finstad (Republican–MN)
- Brad Knott (Republican–NC)
- Brad Sherman (Democrat–CA)
- Bradley Scott Schneider (Democrat–IL)
- Brandon Gill (Republican–TX)
- Brendan F. Boyle (Democrat–PA)
- Brett Guthrie (Republican–KY)
- Brian Babin (Republican–TX)
- Brian J. Mast (Republican–FL)
- Brian Jack (Republican–GA)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican–PA)
- Bruce Westerman (Republican–AR)
- Bryan Steil (Republican–WI)
- Burgess Owens (Republican–UT)
- Byron Donalds (Republican–FL)
- Carlos A. Gimenez (Republican–FL)
- Carol D. Miller (Republican–WV)
- Celeste Maloy (Republican–UT)
- Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (Republican–TN)
- Chellie Pingree (Democrat–ME)
- Chip Roy (Republican–TX)
- Chris Pappas (Democrat–NH)
- Chrissy Houlahan (Democrat–PA)
- Christopher H. Smith (Republican–NJ)
- Christopher R. Deluzio (Democrat–PA)
- Chuck Edwards (Republican–NC)
- Claudia Tenney (Republican–NY)
- Clay Higgins (Republican–LA)
- Cleo Fields (Democrat–LA)
- Cliff Bentz (Republican–OR)
- Craig A. Goldman (Republican–TX)
- Dale W. Strong (Republican–AL)
- Dan Crenshaw (Republican–TX)
- Dan Newhouse (Republican–WA)
- Daniel Meuser (Republican–PA)
- Daniel S. Goldman (Democrat–NY)
- Daniel Webster (Republican–FL)
- Danny K. Davis (Democrat–IL)
- Darin LaHood (Republican–IL)
- Darrell Issa (Republican–CA)
- Darren Soto (Democrat–FL)
- Dave Min (Democrat–CA)
- David G. Valadao (Republican–CA)
- David J. Taylor (Republican–OH)
- David Kustoff (Republican–TN)
- David P. Joyce (Republican–OH)
- David Rouzer (Republican–NC)
- David Schweikert (Republican–AZ)
- David Scott (Democrat–GA)
- Debbie Dingell (Democrat–MI)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democrat–FL)
- Deborah K. Ross (Democrat–NC)
- Delia C. Ramirez (Democrat–IL)
- Derek Schmidt (Republican–KS)
- Derek Tran (Democrat–CA)
- Derrick Van Orden (Republican–WI)
- Diana DeGette (Democrat–CO)
- Diana Harshbarger (Republican–TN)
- Dina Titus (Democrat–NV)
- Don Bacon (Republican–NE)
- Donald G. Davis (Democrat–NC)
- Donald Norcross (Democrat–NJ)
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (Democrat–VA)
- Doris O. Matsui (Democrat–CA)
- Dusty Johnson (Republican–SD)
- Dwight Evans (Democrat–PA)
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Republican–GA)
- Ed Case (Democrat–HI)
- Elijah Crane (Republican–AZ)
- Emanuel Cleaver (Democrat–MO)
- Emilia Strong Sykes (Democrat–OH)
- Emily Randall (Democrat–WA)
- Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (Republican–AR)
- Eric Burlison (Republican–MO)
- Eric Sorensen (Democrat–IL)
- Eric Swalwell (Democrat–CA)
- Erin Houchin (Republican–IN)
- Eugene Simon Vindman (Democrat–VA)
- Frank D. Lucas (Republican–OK)
- Frank J. Mrvan (Democrat–IN)
- Frank Pallone, Jr. (Democrat–NJ)
- Frederica S. Wilson (Democrat–FL)
- Gabe Amo (Democrat–RI)
- Gabe Evans (Republican–CO)
- Gabe Vasquez (Democrat–NM)
- Gary J. Palmer (Republican–AL)
- George Latimer (Democrat–NY)
- George Whitesides (Democrat–CA)
- Gerald E. Connolly (Democrat–VA)
- Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (Democrat–CA)
- Glenn Grothman (Republican–WI)
- Glenn Ivey (Democrat–MD)
- Glenn Thompson (Republican–PA)
- Grace Meng (Democrat–NY)
- Greg Casar (Democrat–TX)
- Greg Landsman (Democrat–OH)
- Greg Stanton (Democrat–AZ)
- Gregory F. Murphy (Republican–NC)
- Gregory W. Meeks (Democrat–NY)
- Gus M. Bilirakis (Republican–FL)
- Guy Reschenthaler (Republican–PA)
- Gwen Moore (Democrat–WI)
- H. Morgan Griffith (Republican–VA)
- Hakeem S. Jeffries (Democrat–NY)
- Haley M. Stevens (Democrat–MI)
- Harold Rogers (Republican–KY)
- Harriet M. Hageman (Republican–WY)
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (Democrat–GA)
- Henry Cuellar (Democrat–TX)
- Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (Democrat–NJ)
- Hillary J. Scholten (Democrat–MI)
- Ilhan Omar (Democrat–MN)
- J. French Hill (Republican–AR)
- J. Luis Correa (Democrat–CA)
- Jack Bergman (Republican–MI)
- Jahana Hayes (Democrat–CT)
- Jake Auchincloss (Democrat–MA)
- Jake Ellzey (Republican–TX)
- James A. Himes (Democrat–CT)
- James Comer (Republican–KY)
- James E. Clyburn (Democrat–SC)
- James P. McGovern (Democrat–MA)
- James R. Baird (Republican–IN)
- Jamie Raskin (Democrat–MD)
- Janelle S. Bynum (Democrat–OR)
- Janice D. Schakowsky (Democrat–IL)
- Jared F. Golden (Democrat–ME)
- Jared Huffman (Democrat–CA)
- Jared Moskowitz (Democrat–FL)
- Jasmine Crockett (Democrat–TX)
- Jason Crow (Democrat–CO)
- Jason Smith (Republican–MO)
- Jay Obernolte (Republican–CA)
- Jeff Crank (Republican–CO)
- Jeff Hurd (Republican–CO)
- Jefferson Shreve (Republican–IN)
- Jefferson Van Drew (Republican–NJ)
- Jennifer A. Kiggans (Republican–VA)
- Jennifer L. McClellan (Democrat–VA)
- Jerrold Nadler (Democrat–NY)
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García (Democrat–IL)
- Jill N. Tokuda (Democrat–HI)
- Jim Costa (Democrat–CA)
- Jim Jordan (Republican–OH)
- Jimmy Gomez (Democrat–CA)
- Jimmy Panetta (Democrat–CA)
- Joaquin Castro (Democrat–TX)
- Jodey C. Arrington (Republican–TX)
- Joe Courtney (Democrat–CT)
- Joe Neguse (Democrat–CO)
- Joe Wilson (Republican–SC)
- John Garamendi (Democrat–CA)
- John H. Rutherford (Republican–FL)
- John J. McGuire III (Republican–VA)
- John James (Republican–MI)
- John Joyce (Republican–PA)
- John R. Carter (Republican–TX)
- John R. Moolenaar (Republican–MI)
- John W. Mannion (Democrat–NY)
- Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (Democrat–MD)
- Jonathan L. Jackson (Democrat–IL)
- Joseph D. Morelle (Democrat–NY)
- Josh Brecheen (Republican–OK)
- Josh Gottheimer (Democrat–NJ)
- Josh Harder (Democrat–CA)
- Josh Riley (Democrat–NY)
- Joyce Beatty (Democrat–OH)
- Juan Ciscomani (Republican–AZ)
- Juan Vargas (Democrat–CA)
- Judy Chu (Democrat–CA)
- Julia Brownley (Democrat–CA)
- Julia Letlow (Republican–LA)
- Julie Fedorchak (Republican–ND)
- Julie Johnson (Democrat–TX)
- Kat Cammack (Republican–FL)
- Katherine M. Clark (Democrat–MA)
- Kathy Castor (Democrat–FL)
- Keith Self (Republican–TX)
- Kelly Morrison (Democrat–MN)
- Ken Calvert (Republican–CA)
- Kevin Hern (Republican–OK)
- Kevin Kiley (Independent–CA)
- Kim Schrier (Democrat–WA)
- Kristen McDonald Rivet (Democrat–MI)
- Kweisi Mfume (Democrat–MD)
- LaMonica McIver (Democrat–NJ)
- Lance Gooden (Republican–TX)
- Lateefah Simon (Democrat–CA)
- Laura Friedman (Democrat–CA)
- Laura Gillen (Democrat–NY)
- Laurel M. Lee (Republican–FL)
- Lauren Boebert (Republican–CO)
- Lauren Underwood (Democrat–IL)
- Linda T. Sánchez (Democrat–CA)
- Lisa C. McClain (Republican–MI)
- Lizzie Fletcher (Democrat–TX)
- Lloyd Doggett (Democrat–TX)
- Lloyd Smucker (Republican–PA)
- Lois Frankel (Democrat–FL)
- Lori Trahan (Democrat–MA)
- Lucy McBath (Democrat–GA)
- Luz M. Rivas (Democrat–CA)
- Madeleine Dean (Democrat–PA)
- Maggie Goodlander (Democrat–NH)
- Marc A. Veasey (Democrat–TX)
- Marcy Kaptur (Democrat–OH)
- Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican–FL)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Republican–IA)
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Democrat–WA)
- Marilyn Strickland (Democrat–WA)
- Mario Diaz-Balart (Republican–FL)
- Marjorie Taylor Greene (Republican–GA)
- Mark Alford (Republican–MO)
- Mark B. Messmer (Republican–IN)
- Mark DeSaulnier (Democrat–CA)
- Mark E. Amodei (Republican–NV)
- Mark E. Green (Republican–TN)
- Mark Harris (Republican–NC)
- Mark Pocan (Democrat–WI)
- Mark Takano (Democrat–CA)
- Marlin A. Stutzman (Republican–IN)
- Mary Gay Scanlon (Democrat–PA)
- Max L. Miller (Republican–OH)
- Maxine Dexter (Democrat–OR)
- Maxine Waters (Democrat–CA)
- Maxwell Frost (Democrat–FL)
- Melanie A. Stansbury (Democrat–NM)
- Michael A. Rulli (Republican–OH)
- Michael Baumgartner (Republican–WA)
- Michael Cloud (Republican–TX)
- Michael Guest (Republican–MS)
- Michael K. Simpson (Republican–ID)
- Michael Lawler (Republican–NY)
- Michael R. Turner (Republican–OH)
- Michael T. McCaul (Republican–TX)
- Michelle Fischbach (Republican–MN)
- Mike Bost (Republican–IL)
- Mike Carey (Republican–OH)
- Mike Collins (Republican–GA)
- Mike Ezell (Republican–MS)
- Mike Flood (Republican–NE)
- Mike Haridopolos (Republican–FL)
- Mike Johnson (Republican–LA)
- Mike Kelly (Republican–PA)
- Mike Kennedy (Republican–UT)
- Mike Levin (Democrat–CA)
- Mike Quigley (Democrat–IL)
- Mike Rogers (Republican–AL)
- Mike Thompson (Democrat–CA)
- Mikie Sherrill (Democrat–NJ)
- Monica De La Cruz (Republican–TX)
- Morgan Luttrell (Republican–TX)
- Morgan McGarvey (Democrat–KY)
- Nancy Mace (Republican–SC)
- Nancy Pelosi (Democrat–CA)
- Nanette Diaz Barragán (Democrat–CA)
- Nathaniel Moran (Republican–TX)
- Neal P. Dunn (Republican–FL)
- Nellie Pou (Democrat–NJ)
- Nicholas A. Langworthy (Republican–NY)
- Nicholas J. Begich III (Republican–AK)
- Nick LaLota (Republican–NY)
- Nicole Malliotakis (Republican–NY)
- Nikema Williams (Democrat–GA)
- Nikki Budzinski (Democrat–IL)
- Norma J. Torres (Democrat–CA)
- Nydia M. Velázquez (Democrat–NY)
- Pat Fallon (Republican–TX)
- Pat Harrigan (Republican–NC)
- Patrick Ryan (Democrat–NY)
- Paul A. Gosar (Republican–AZ)
- Paul Tonko (Democrat–NY)
- Pete Aguilar (Democrat–CA)
- Pete Sessions (Republican–TX)
- Pete Stauber (Republican–MN)
- Pramila Jayapal (Democrat–WA)
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (Democrat–IL)
- Ralph Norman (Republican–SC)
- Randy Feenstra (Republican–IA)
- Randy K. Weber, Sr. (Republican–TX)
- Rashida Tlaib (Democrat–MI)
- Raul Ruiz (Democrat–CA)
- Richard E. Neal (Democrat–MA)
- Richard Hudson (Republican–NC)
- Richard McCormick (Republican–GA)
- Rick Larsen (Democrat–WA)
- Rick W. Allen (Republican–GA)
- Riley M. Moore (Republican–WV)
- Ritchie Torres (Democrat–NY)
- Ro Khanna (Democrat–CA)
- Robert B. Aderholt (Republican–AL)
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (Democrat–VA)
- Robert E. Latta (Republican–OH)
- Robert F. Onder, Jr. (Republican–MO)
- Robert Garcia (Democrat–CA)
- Robert J. Wittman (Republican–VA)
- Robert Menendez (Democrat–NJ)
- Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (Republican–PA)
- Robin L. Kelly (Democrat–IL)
- Roger Williams (Republican–TX)
- Ron Estes (Republican–KS)
- Ronny Jackson (Republican–TX)
- Rosa L. DeLauro (Democrat–CT)
- Rudy Yakym III (Republican–IN)
- Russ Fulcher (Republican–ID)
- Russell Fry (Republican–SC)
- Ryan K. Zinke (Republican–MT)
- Ryan Mackenzie (Republican–PA)
- Salud O. Carbajal (Democrat–CA)
- Sam Graves (Republican–MO)
- Sam T. Liccardo (Democrat–CA)
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (Democrat–GA)
- Sara Jacobs (Democrat–CA)
- Sarah Elfreth (Democrat–MD)
- Sarah McBride (Democrat–DE)
- Scott DesJarlais (Republican–TN)
- Scott Fitzgerald (Republican–WI)
- Scott Franklin (Republican–FL)
- Scott H. Peters (Democrat–CA)
- Scott Perry (Republican–PA)
- Sean Casten (Democrat–IL)
- Seth Magaziner (Democrat–RI)
- Seth Moulton (Democrat–MA)
- Sharice Davids (Democrat–KS)
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (Democrat–FL)
- Sheri Biggs (Republican–SC)
- Shomari Figures (Democrat–AL)
- Shontel M. Brown (Democrat–OH)
- Shri Thanedar (Democrat–MI)
- Steny H. Hoyer (Democrat–MD)
- Stephanie I. Bice (Republican–OK)
- Stephen F. Lynch (Democrat–MA)
- Steve Cohen (Democrat–TN)
- Steve Scalise (Republican–LA)
- Steve Womack (Republican–AR)
- Steven Horsford (Democrat–NV)
- Suhas Subramanyam (Democrat–VA)
- Summer L. Lee (Democrat–PA)
- Susie Lee (Democrat–NV)
- Suzan K. DelBene (Democrat–WA)
- Suzanne Bonamici (Democrat–OR)
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove (Democrat–CA)
- Sylvester Turner (Democrat–TX)
- Sylvia R. Garcia (Democrat–TX)
- Ted Lieu (Democrat–CA)
- Teresa Leger Fernandez (Democrat–NM)
- Terri A. Sewell (Democrat–AL)
- Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (Republican–NJ)
- Thomas Massie (Republican–KY)
- Thomas P. Tiffany (Republican–WI)
- Thomas R. Suozzi (Democrat–NY)
- Tim Burchett (Republican–TN)
- Tim Moore (Republican–NC)
- Tim Walberg (Republican–MI)
- Timothy M. Kennedy (Democrat–NY)
- Tom Barrett (Republican–MI)
- Tom Cole (Republican–OK)
- Tom Emmer (Republican–MN)
- Tom McClintock (Republican–CA)
- Tony Gonzales (Republican–TX)
- Tony Wied (Republican–WI)
- Tracey Mann (Republican–KS)
- Trent Kelly (Republican–MS)
- Troy A. Carter (Democrat–LA)
- Troy Balderson (Republican–OH)
- Troy Downing (Republican–MT)
- Troy E. Nehls (Republican–TX)
- Val T. Hoyle (Democrat–OR)
- Valerie P. Foushee (Democrat–NC)
- Vern Buchanan (Republican–FL)
- Veronica Escobar (Democrat–TX)
- Vicente Gonzalez (Democrat–TX)
- Victoria Spartz (Republican–IN)
- Vince Fong (Republican–CA)
- Virginia Foxx (Republican–NC)
- W. Gregory Steube (Republican–FL)
- Warren Davidson (Republican–OH)
- Wesley Bell (Democrat–MO)
- Wesley Hunt (Republican–TX)
- William R. Keating (Democrat–MA)
- William R. Timmons IV (Republican–SC)
- Yassamin Ansari (Democrat–AZ)
- Young Kim (Republican–CA)
- Yvette D. Clarke (Democrat–NY)
- Zachary Nunn (Republican–IA)
- Zoe Lofgren (Democrat–CA)
Not Voting (9)
- Brittany Pettersen (Democrat–CO)
- Cory Mills (Republican–FL)
- Doug LaMalfa (Republican–CA)
- Elise M. Stefanik (Republican–NY)
- John B. Larson (Democrat–CT)
- John W. Rose (Republican–TN)
- Kevin Mullin (Democrat–CA)
- Mary E. Miller (Republican–IL)
- Raúl M. Grijalva (Democrat–AZ)
Party labels reflect each member’s most recent affiliation on record.