HR 3726
Fisher House Availability Act of 2026
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Bill overview
This bill expands access to Fisher Houses, which provide free lodging for veterans and their families receiving medical care, to include members of the uniformed services traveling a significant distance for treatment, as well as family members and others providing support. It allows the Department of Veterans Affairs to offer space-available lodging to these individuals at VA or non-VA facilities. Additionally, the bill extends a limitation on pension amounts for hospitalized or institutionalized veterans through 2033.
Key provisions
- Expands eligibility for Fisher House lodging to members of the uniformed services traveling a significant distance for care.
- Allows lodging for family members and others providing support to covered beneficiaries.
- Authorizes the VA to provide space-available lodging at Fisher Houses.
- Extends the limitation on pension amounts for certain hospitalized veterans.
- Defines ‘covered beneficiary’ and ‘Fisher House’ for the purpose of the bill.
Who is affected
- Veterans
- Members of the Uniformed Services
- Family members of veterans and service members
- Individuals receiving medical care
- Department of Veterans Affairs
Notable changes
- Extends the limitation on pension amounts for hospitalized veterans through 2033.
- Expands the types of individuals eligible for Fisher House lodging beyond current beneficiaries.
- Authorizes lodging at non-VA facilities.
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 3726
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make temporary lodging facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs available for certain TRICARE beneficiaries on a space-available basis, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Fisher House Availability Act of 2025
.
Section 1708 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (a), by striking in connection with
and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting in accordance with this section
;
in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
On a space-available basis, a member of the family of a covered beneficiary and others who accompany such a covered beneficiary and provide the equivalent of familial support for such beneficiary.
in subsection (d), as so redesignated—
in paragraph (2), by striking subsection (d)
and inserting subsection (c)
;
in paragraph (3), by striking under subsection (b)(2)
and inserting or a covered beneficiary under subsection (b)
;
in paragraph (4), by striking and
after the semicolon;
by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and
by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph (5):
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
The term covered beneficiary
has the meaning given such term in section 1072(5) of title 10.
The term Fisher house
means a housing facility that—
is located at, or in proximity to, a Department medical facility;
is available for residential use on a temporary basis by patients of that facility and others described in subsection (b); and
is constructed by, and donated to the Secretary by, the Zachary and Elizabeth M. Fisher Armed Services Foundation or the Fisher House Foundation, Inc.