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Union Calendar No. 323 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3812 
[Report No. 119–371] 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the collection of a health 
care copayment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from a veteran 
under certain conditions attributable to a failure of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs to process certain information within applicable time-
liness standards, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 6, 2025 
Mr. GRAY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs 
NOVEMBER 7, 2025 
Additional sponsors: Mr. TAKANO, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. COHEN, Mrs. 
RAMIREZ, Ms. ROSS, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. JAYAPAL, and Mr. FIGURES 
NOVEMBER 7, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 6, 2025] 
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A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the collec-
tion of a health care copayment by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs from a veteran under certain conditions 
attributable to a failure of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to process certain information within applicable 
timeliness standards, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Troubling Retro-
active Invoices for Veteran Expenses Act of 2025’’ or the 
‘‘STRIVE Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON COLLECTION OF HEALTH CARE 
COPAYMENTS BY THE SECRETARY OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS UNDER CERTAIN CONDI-
TIONS; AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY TO 
WAIVE HEALTH CARE COPAYMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 17 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 1722C the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1722D. Copayments: prohibitions on collection 
under certain conditions; waiver author-
ity 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (f) 
and (g) of section 1710 of this title, section 1722A(a) of 
this title, section 1725A of this title, or any other provision 
of law requiring an individual to make a copayment to the 
Secretary, the Secretary may not require a veteran to make 
any copayment for the receipt of hospital care or medical 
services under the laws administered by the Secretary after 
the end of the two-year period beginning on the date such 
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veteran received such hospital care or medical services if 
the Secretary failed to provide the veteran notice— 
‘‘(1) of the copayment within applicable timeli-
ness standards established by the Secretary; or 
‘‘(2) that the aggregate amount of copayments 
for such care or services the veteran owes to the Sec-
retary is greater than the dollar amount described in 
paragraph (1) of subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) DOLLAR AMOUNT DESCRIBED.—(1) The dollar 
amount described in this paragraph is $2,000. 
‘‘(2) On the first day of each fiscal year beginning 
after the date of the enactment of the STRIVE Act of 2025, 
the Secretary shall, increase the dollar amount described in 
paragraph (1) by a percentage equal to the percentage by 
which the Consumer Price Index (all items, United States 
city average) increased during the previous fiscal year. In 
the event that such index does not increase during such pe-
riod, the Secretary shall maintain the dollar amount in ef-
fect under paragraph (1) during the previous fiscal year. 
‘‘(c) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may waive 
the requirement for a veteran to make any copayment for 
the receipt of such hospital care or medical services in any 
case in which the Secretary determines such a waiver would 
be appropriate, without regard to whether the veteran sub-
mits to the Secretary a request for such waiver.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 1722C the following new item: 
‘‘1722D. Copayments: prohibition on collection of under certain conditions; waiver 
authority.’’. 
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN LIMITS ON PAYMENTS OF 
PENSION. 
Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘November 30, 2031’’ and inserting 
‘‘February 29, 2032’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 323 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3812 
[Report No. 119–371] 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit 
the collection of a health care copayment by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs from a veteran 
under certain conditions attributable to a failure 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs to process 
certain information within applicable timeliness 
standards, and for other purposes. 
NOVEMBER 7, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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