Fairness for Servicemembers and their Families Act of 2025
Signed into law Dec 12, 2025 · Armed Forces and National Security
What this law does
- Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to review and report on the maximum coverage under the Servicemembers' and Veterans' Group Life Insurance programs.
- Requires the review every five years, taking into account how much consumer prices rose over the previous five years.
Plain-language list by Voting On, based only on the official summary by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service and the bill's titles. Read the official summary.
How it became law
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2025 · House
- 62 daysPassed HouseApr 7, 2025
- 227 daysPassed SenateNov 20, 2025
- 13 daysPresented to the PresidentDec 3, 2025
- 9 daysSigned into lawDec 12, 2025
Official summary
Fairness for Servicemembers and their Families Act of 2025
This act requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to periodically review and report on the maximum coverage available under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance programs. Specifically, the VA must review such coverage amount every five years, taking into account the average percentage by which the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased in the five fiscal years preceding the review.
Summary by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (Public Law, Dec 12, 2025).
Who wrote it
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
2 cosponsors: 1 Republicans, 1 Democrats. 1 signed on the day it was introduced, 1 joined later.
Show all cosponsors
| Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|
| Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3] | Feb 4, 2025 | Original cosponsor |
| Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25] | Apr 21, 2025 |
Recorded votes
No recorded roll-call votes. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, where individual votes are not recorded.
What was added
Amendments adopted (0)
No floor amendments were adopted. Any changes were made in committee or in a later version of the bill.
Sections in the final law that were not in the first version (Introduced in House) (0)
None. Every section heading in the final law was already in the first version (Introduced in House).
What was removed
Sections in the first version (Introduced in House) that did not make it into the law (0)
None. Every section heading from the first version (Introduced in House) remains in the law.
Compared by section heading between the Introduced in House text (Feb 4, 2025) and the Enrolled Bill text, both from GovInfo. Wording changes inside a section that kept its heading are not shown here; see the amendments and the text versions.
Proposed but not adopted
No amendments were voted down or withdrawn.
Full action history
Show all 22 official actions
| Dec 12, 2025 | Signed by President. |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Signed by President. |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Became Public Law No: 119-54. |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Became Public Law No: 119-54. |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Presented to President. |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Presented to President. |
| Nov 20, 2025 | Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. |
| Nov 20, 2025 | Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. |
| Nov 20, 2025 | Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. |
| Nov 20, 2025 | Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8399-8400) |
| Nov 20, 2025 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| Apr 8, 2025 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1440) |
| Apr 7, 2025 | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1440) |
| Apr 7, 2025 | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 970. |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1439-1441) |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. |
| Mar 6, 2025 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Introduced in House |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Introduced in House |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
Sources: Congress.gov (bill record, sponsors, actions, amendments, CRS summary) and GovInfo (official text). Days are calendar days.