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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6047 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to increase the dollar amounts for the payment of certain dis-
ability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation under 
the laws administered by the Secretary. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2025 
Mr. BARRETT (for himself, Mr. BOST, Mr. VAN ORDEN, Mr. CISCOMANI, Mrs. 
RADEWAGEN, Ms. KING-HINDS, Mr. HUDSON, Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, 
Mr. HILL of Arkansas, Mr. LUTTRELL, Mr. WITTMAN, and Mrs. MIL-
LER-MEEKS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to increase the dollar amounts 
for the payment of certain disability compensation and 
dependency and indemnity compensation under the laws 
administered by the Secretary. 
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 ‘‘Sharri Briley and Eric 
Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCREASE IN RATES OF CERTAIN DISABILITY COM-
PENSATION AND DEPENDENCY AND INDEM-
NITY COMPENSATION UNDER LAWS ADMINIS-
TERED BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS. 
(a) INCREASE TO RATES OF WARTIME DISABILITY 
COMPENSATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 1114 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(u) In the case of a veteran eligible for a monthly 
aid and attendance allowance under subsection (r) or sub-
section (t) of this section, the Secretary shall, in addition 
to the total amount of compensation for which the veteran 
is eligible under this section, pay the veteran a supple-
mental monthly allowance at the rate of $833.33.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE; APPLICABILITY.—Sub-
section (u) of such section (as added by paragraph 
(1)) shall take effect on December 1, 2026, and 
shall apply to months beginning on or after such 
date. 
(b) INCREASE TO RATES OF DEPENDENCY AND IN-
DEMNITY COMPENSATION.—Section 5312 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(d)(1) Whenever there is an increase in benefit 
amounts payable under title II of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) as a result of a determination 
made under section 215(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)), 
the Secretary shall, effective on the date of such increase 
in benefit amounts, increase the dollar amounts in effect 
for the payment of dependency and indemnity compensa-
tion by the Secretary under paragraph (1) and paragraph 
(3) of section 1311(a) of this title, as such amounts were 
in effect immediately before the date of such increase in 
benefit amounts payable under title II of the Social Secu-
rity Act, by a percentage equal to the sum of— 
‘‘(A) the percentage by which such benefit 
amounts are increased; and 
‘‘(B) one percent. 
‘‘(2) Whenever there is an increase under paragraph 
(1) in amounts in effect for the payment of dependency 
and indemnity compensation, the Secretary shall publish 
such amounts, as increased pursuant to such paragraph, 
in the Federal Register at the same time as the material 
required by section 215(i)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 415(i)(2)(D)) is published by reason of a de-
termination under section 215(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
415(i)). 
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‘‘(3) The requirement to increase the amounts in ef-
fect for the payment of dependency and indemnity com-
pensation by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (1) 
shall— 
‘‘(A) take effect on December 1, 2026, and 
shall apply with respect to months beginning on or 
after such date; and 
‘‘(B) terminate after the date on which the fifth 
increase to such amounts pursuant to such para-
graph occurs.’’. 
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF WAIVERS OF FEES COLLECTED 
FOR 
HOUSING 
LOANS 
GUARANTEED, 
IN-
SURED, OR MADE BY THE SECRETARY OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
Section 3729(c) of such title is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘A fee’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph (2), a fee’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (4); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(2) During the period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of the Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Vet-
erans Benefits Expansion Act of 2025 and ending on Sep-
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