H.R. 1987 · 119th Congress

Saving Our Veterans Lives Act of 2025

Introduced on Mar 10, 2025 by Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17). 30 cosponsors, 4 of them from another party. Latest action (May 12, 2025): Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 10, 2025
Cosponsors
30
4 from the other party
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program to furnish to certain individuals items used for the secure storage of firearms, and for other purposes.

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Mar 10, 2025). Public domain.

Saving Our Veterans Lives Act of 2025

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a program to provide, upon request, a firearm lockbox (or voucher for such item) to eligible individuals. Currently, there is a pilot program under which certain veterans may be prescribed a lockbox by a VA clinician.

The VA must also provide information with respect to the benefits of and options for secure firearm storage.

The VA must develop an informational video on the secure storage of firearms as a suicide prevention strategy and publish the video on its website. Additionally, the VA must publish information to inform individuals who participate in the lockbox program that such lockboxes are not for resale.

The VA must also implement a public education campaign to educate eligible individuals about the availability of lockboxes under the program and that participation in the program does not affect the rights of an individual with respect to the lawful ownership of a firearm.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Christopher R. DeluzioD-PA-17Sponsor

Democrats · 26

Republicans · 4

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Mar 10, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Mar 10, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Mar 10, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  4. May 12, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND, INC.13 reports
    $3M reported (all issues)
  2. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION$645K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence6 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  4. DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS6 reports
    $910.6K reported (all issues)
  5. Fleet Reserve Association6 reports
    $720K reported (all issues)
  6. NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC.6 reports
    $11.3M reported (all issues)
  7. American Psychological Association Services Inc.(FKA American Psychological Assn5 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION$710.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  8. Giffords5 reports
    $400K reported (all issues)
  9. National Alliance on Mental Illness5 reports
    $70K reported (all issues)
  10. PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA5 reports
    $483.9K reported (all issues)
  11. RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY5 reports
    $500K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY$15.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  12. United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy5 reports
    $2.6M reported (all issues)
  13. GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.4 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)
  14. SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUND4 reports
    $520K reported (all issues)
  15. American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists2 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  16. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Inc.2 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  17. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners2 reports
    $48K reported (all issues)
  18. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY1 report
    $350K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$30.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  19. VOTEVETS ACTION FUND, INC.1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.