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Restore Veterans’ Compensation Act of 2026

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security ▲ 28 days since action Sponsor: Ruben Gallego, AZ-Senate, D → Congress.gov

Latest action (2026-08-07): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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Veterans Financial Security and Recoupment Reform Act of 2025

To stop the Department of Defense from clawing back separation pay, special separation benefits, or voluntary separation incentive payments from veterans who later receive VA disability compensation, and to limit such claw-backs when veterans later receive military retirement pay, so that service members are not financially penalized for service-connected disabilities.

Bipartisan rationale: For Democrats: Protects veterans from financial hardship caused by recoupment of separation pay when they later receive VA disability compensation, and restores funds to veterans harmed in the past. For Republicans: Provides a hard budget cap, requires a sunset review, and retains recoupment for non-severe disability cases to prevent double-dipping, ensuring fiscal responsibility and accountability.

Funding: Transfer of funds from the Department of D $600 million per fiscal year, Sunset 5y Oversight: Comptroller General of the Uni Enforcement: Joint regulations by the Secretaries

Vote-count path: ~280 House votes: 180 Democrats + 100 Republicans (fiscal hawks who support the cap and sunset); ~65 Senate votes: 48 Democrats + 17 Republicans from oversight-minded caucus.

→ Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 (power to declare war and raise armies) → Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 (power to raise and support armies, with two-year appropriation limit) → Article I, Section 8, Clause 13 (power to provide and maintain a Navy) → Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 (power to make rules for the government and regulation of land and naval forces) → Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (necessary and proper clause)

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