3.0.0 6024 2026-07-17T23:32:42Z 2026-07-17T23:32:42Z House H HR 2025-11-12 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6024 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 191 (Wednesday, November 12, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CROW:H.R. 6024.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the UnitedStates[Page H4667]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2025-12-03T14:01:48Z Referred To 2025-11-12T17:02:30Z hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-11-12T17:02:35Z BRAVE Act of 2025 119 609 S 2025-02-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2025-12-03 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2025-11-12 Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2025-11-12 Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2025-11-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-11-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001121 Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] Jason Crow D CO 6 N K000399 Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2] Jennifer Kiggans R VA A. 2 2025-11-12 True S001216 Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] Kim Schrier D WA 8 2025-12-05 False M001196 Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] Seth Moulton D MA 6 2025-12-11 False M001214 Rep. Mrvan, Frank J. [D-IN-1] Frank Mrvan D IN J. 1 2025-12-15 False O000019 Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23] Jay Obernolte R CA 23 2026-03-24 False D000230 Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] Donald Davis D NC G. 1 2026-04-16 False L000582 Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] Ted Lieu D CA 36 2026-04-16 False J000295 Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] David Joyce R OH P. 14 2026-04-16 False S001225 Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17] Eric Sorensen D IL 17 2026-06-10 False G000604 Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2] Maggie Goodlander D NH 2 2026-07-16 False Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 2025-12-05T17:00:18Z 00 2025-11-12 Introduced in House 2026-02-23T12:32:48Z Building Resources and Access for Veterans' Mental Health Engagement Act of 2025 or the BRAVE Act of 2025

This bill addresses mental health services and care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), including matters related to personnel, Vet Center administration, care for women veterans, and access to care.

The bill authorizes the VA to waive the licensure or certification requirement for individual licensed professional mental health counselor appointees for a reasonable period of time.

The bill also extends the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program and increases the maximum annual grant amount.

The VA must provide Vet Centers with guidance for assessing outreach activities and implement processes to periodically assess the extent to which (1) veterans and eligible members of the Armed Forces experience barriers to obtaining services at Vet Centers, and (2) Vet Center staff may encounter barriers to providing services.

Among other requirements, the VA must also

  • survey and host listening sessions with women veterans to gauge the effectiveness of the VA’s suicide prevention, lethal-means safety, and mental health resources and messaging campaigns;
  • initiate efforts to modify the Recovery Engagement and Coordination for Health-Veterans Enhanced Treatment (REACH VET) program to incorporate risk factors weighted for women;
  • annually offer a mental health consultation to veterans who are receiving compensation for a service-connected disability relating to a mental health diagnosis; and
  • implement a pilot program to provide access to mental health residential treatment programs for veterans with a spinal cord injury or disorder.
]]> BRAVE Act of 2025 Display Title 45 BRAVE Act of 2025 2026-07-17T23:32:42Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 BRAVE Act of 2025 2025-11-26T05:38:20Z Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Building Resources and Access for Veterans' Mental Health Engagement Act of 2025 2025-11-26T05:38:20Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To improve mental health services of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 2025-11-26T05:33:22Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-11-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr6024ih/xml/BILLS-119hr6024ih.xml 2025-12-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.