H.R. 3726 · Passed House · Armed Forces and National Security
Fisher House Availability Act of 2026
Sponsor: Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA)
What it does
- Authorize the VA to provide no-cost lodging at Fisher Houses on a space-available basis to active-duty service members and their families traveling significant distances for medical care.
- Extend lodging eligibility to veterans, family members, and others traveling significant distances when a veteran's family member requires medical treatment.
- Expand lodging availability to covered beneficiaries, family members, and others traveling significant distances for medical care of a beneficiary's family member.
- Extend the limitation on pension amounts for hospitalized or institutionalized veterans through July 31, 2033.
Official summary
Fisher House Availability Act of 2026 This bill expands eligibility for temporary lodging at a Fisher House to additional individuals receiving medical care or treatment at a Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) or non-VA facility or those accompanying individuals receiving such treatment. (Fisher Houses are where the VA furnishes no-cost lodging to veterans and other eligible individuals when receiving treatment or accompanying an individual receiving treatment.) Specifically, the bill authorizes the VA to provide lodging at a Fisher House on a space-available basis to members of the uniformed services performing active duty (i.e., covered beneficiaries) who must travel a significant distance to receive care or services; family members and others accompanying such covered beneficiaries to receive care or services; veterans, members of a veteran's family, and others who must travel a significant distance for a member of a veteran's family to receive care or services; and covered beneficiaries, members of a covered beneficiary’s family, and others who must travel a significant distance for a member of a beneficiary’s family to receive care or services. Finally, the bill extends the…
Latest action
May 20, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committee: Senate Veterans' Affairs