Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 5982

Introduced

Veteran Benefits Enhancement Act

Sponsor

DMelanie A. Stansbury· New Mexico

Introduced

November 7, 2025

Policy area

Labor and Employment

Latest action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.November 8, 2025

Full text of the bill

Official source on Congress.gov ↗

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5982 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5982

To amend the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to clarify that 
military retirement pay shall not be considered to be a social 
insurance payment.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 7, 2025

Ms. Stansbury introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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A BILL

To amend the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to clarify that 
military retirement pay shall not be considered to be a social 
insurance payment.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Veteran Benefits Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. MILITARY RETIREMENT PAY.

Section 4(a-1)(ii) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 
U.S.C. 354(a-1)(ii)) is amended by inserting after ``any other social 
insurance payments under any law'' the following: ``(except for a 
qualified military benefit (as defined in section 134(b) of title 26, 
United States Code))''.
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