H.R. 3863 · 119th Congress

VA Mental Health Outreach and Engagement Act

Introduced on Jun 10, 2025 by Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13). 4 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (May 4, 2026): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 550.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Jun 10, 2025
Cosponsors
4
2 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. Reported 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 furnish annual mental health consultations to certain veterans, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Congressional oversight
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Mental health
  • Veterans' medical care
  • Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Reported to House, May 4, 2026). Public domain.

VA Mental Health Outreach and Engagement Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to offer an annual mental health consultation to veterans who are receiving compensation for a service-connected disability relating to a mental health diagnosis. Additionally, the VA must conduct outreach regarding the availability of such consultations and other mental health services unless a veteran opts out of outreach.

The bill requires the VA to utilize specified methods in its outreach efforts and to provide annual reports for the four years following the enactment of the bill regarding the outreach methods used to inform veterans about mental health consultations and services.

The Government Accountability Office must report on the effect of this bill, including by reporting on the number of veterans who received mental health consultations and which outreach methods were most successful in reaching such veterans.

The bill also extends certain higher loan fee rates through May 12, 2035, under the VA's home loan program. Such rates currently last through June 9, 2034.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Nikki BudzinskiD-IL-13Sponsor

Democrats · 2

Republicans · 2

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. Jun 10, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jun 10, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Jun 10, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  4. Jul 23, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Jul 23, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  6. May 4, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-634.
  7. May 4, 2026 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-634.
  8. May 4, 2026 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 550.

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. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION$645K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $25K reported (all issues)
  3. DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS5 reports
    $769.2K reported (all issues)
  4. PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA5 reports
    $483.9K reported (all issues)
  5. UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $2.1M 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 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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.