Justice for America’s Veterans and Survivors Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3627 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3627

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of
  Veterans Affairs to submit an annual report that contains data and
   information on the causes of deaths among veterans, and for other
                               purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 29, 2025

  Mr. Edwards (for himself and Ms. Morrison) introduced the following
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of
  Veterans Affairs to submit an annual report that contains data and
   information on the causes of deaths among veterans, and for other
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Justice for America's Veterans and
Survivors Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ANNUAL REPORT ON CAUSES OF DEATH
              AMONG VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--Subchaper II of chapter 5 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 534. Annual report on causes of death among veterans
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on
Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate an
annual report that contains data and information on causes of death
among veterans.
    ``(b) Elements.--Such report shall include--
            ``(1) for each veteran that died during the period covered
        by the report--
                    ``(A) an identification of--
                            ``(i) whether such veteran had a service-
                        connected disability rated as total;
                            ``(ii) the primary cause of death; and
                            ``(iii) the secondary cause of death, if
                        applicable; and
                    ``(B) a statement of whether such veteran died by
                suicide secondary to a service-connected disability
                rated as total;
            ``(2) for each primary cause of death identified pursuant
        to paragraph (1), a statement of the total number of veterans
        that died from such primary cause of death during the period
        covered by the report.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 5 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating
to section 533 the following new item:

        ``534. Annual report on causes of death among veterans''.
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