# H.R. 6047 (119th): Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026

Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026 This bill expands specified benefits programs for veterans and their survivors and establishes a supplemental monthly allowance for certain disabled veterans. The bill establishes a supplemental monthly allowance of $833.33 for veterans who are already eligible for a monthly aid and attendance allowance due to service-connected disabilities or traumatic brain injury. The bill increases the rate of dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) by an additional 1% the next time DIC is adjusted for cost of living and an additional 0.5% the following adjustment. DIC is a monthly payment made to eligible survivors of (1) certain veterans who died due to a service-connected condition; (2) service members killed in the line of duty; or (3) veterans who were totally disabled by a service-connected disability for a certain period. The bill expands eligibility for loans under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) home loan program to certain members of the reserve components and National Guard by expanding what qualifies as active duty. The bill includes annual training duty as qualifying active duty and grants eligibility for VA loan guarantees after 14 days of active-duty service (with an additional fee). Under the VA home loan program, the bill extends certain loan fee rates through September 30, 2036, and increases the fees for certain refinancing loans and loan assumptions. The bill extends the limitation on pension amounts for certain hospitalized or institutionalized veterans through September 30, 2036.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: benefits. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: benefits_expansion. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: justice. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: survivor_benefits. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: veterans. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 191: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure's aim of providing just recognition and support for veterans, service-connected disabled persons, and survivors is a genuine justice good. It also involves prudential spending expansion and fee increases that reasonable people may weigh differently. No direct moral harm is advanced, so the classification is mixed rather than evil or purely good.
Theological note: Care for those who bore the sword and for the widows and dependents of the fallen engages the biblical call to honor faithful service and to provide for the vulnerable, consistent with general equity that the laborer and the defender deserve their due. The prudential questions of how much to spend, how to fund benefits, and how to structure fees fall under ordinary stewardship and are not settled by Scripture. This summary identifies issue relevance only and is not a final candidate judgment.

## Recorded votes

Roll 191: On Passage. Yea 235 · Nay 179 · Other 16.

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