Congress·In Committee·S. 214

MEDAL Act of 2025

Medal of Honor Pension: Bigger Monthly Payments

May 21, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

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StalledNext up: A senate committeeNo action in 13 months

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Legislative Progress

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No action since May 2025

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How we got here

This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from S. 5036 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
S. 5036 (118th) →

Key Points

Congress would raise the monthly special pension for living Medal of Honor recipients from $1,406.73 to $8,333.33.
Surviving spouses would continue to get the special pension at $1,406.73 per month (with future adjustments), not the higher amount.
This would mainly affect a very small group of people, but it would be a major pay increase for those living recipients.
If passed, the change would be handled through the Department of Veterans Affairs, which pays these monthly benefits.

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Milestones

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May 21, 2025Senate

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

Jan 23, 2025Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

MEDAL Act of 2025

Bill NumberS 214

Congress119th Congress

ChamberSenate

Latest ActionCommittee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

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(7)

D: 2R: 5

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