Support increasing the dollar amounts for certain veterans' disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation payments.

Mr. Bost is listed as a cosponsor of H.R. 6047, which would direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the dollar amounts for certain disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation under laws administered by the Secretary.

Bost backed legislation to raise VA disability compensation and DIC payment amounts.

H.R. 6047 (RH) - Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026 - BILLS-119hr6047rh | Content Details | GovInfo
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The committee report says H.R. 6047 would amend title 38 to direct VA to increase the dollar amounts for certain disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation, and it recommends the bill as amended do pass. It also describes the new monthly allowance and DIC increase provisions.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official committee report confirms the bill was reported favorably with provisions to increase SMC and DIC-related payments.

partial same_term A for effort

H. Rept. 119-577 - Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026
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Bost said he appeared before the Rules Committee in support of H.R. 6047 and asked for a rule so the House could consider it. The release says the bill would increase VA monthly compensation for catastrophically disabled veterans and the surviving families of 100% disabled or deceased veterans.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Bost publicly backed the bill in committee and pushed it onto the House floor agenda.

partial same_term A for effort

Chairman Bost Speaks at Rules Committee on Key Bills to Expand Benefits for Disabled Veterans and Survivors, Restore Constitutional Rights
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The Rules Committee meeting page lists H.R. 6047 for consideration on May 19, 2026, and links the House Veterans' Affairs report H. Rept. 119-577 accompanying the bill that would amend title 38 to increase certain disability compensation and DIC payments.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official House scheduling shows the bill advanced to Rules consideration this week, but not final enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Committee Repository | U.S. House of Representatives
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Roll Call 191 | Bill Number: H. R. 6047 May 21, 2026, 06:20 PM | 119th Congress, 2nd Session Vote Question: On Passage Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act Vote Type: Yea-And-Nay Status: Passed

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): After the prior assessment, H.R. 6047 passed the House on final passage, a concrete same-term advancement of the promised benefit-increase policy but not enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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Last Action Date Listed June 2, 2026 Action Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo's Senate-referred version shows the bill was sent to the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee on June 2, 2026, with no official enactment shown in the record reviewed, so delivery remains unresolved beyond House passage.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 6047 (RFS) - Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026 - BILLS-119hr6047rfs | Content Details | GovInfo
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Remarks in House Enact (H.R. 6047), H3683, H3699–H3707 [21MY] Reports filed Consideration of H.R. 6047, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1300) (H. Rept. 119–653), H3625 [19MY] Provisions: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 6047) (H. Rept. 119–577), H2819 [2AP]

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The lookback-window GovInfo Congressional Record Index entry still points to House consideration, House remarks, and committee reports for H.R. 6047 rather than enactment or implementation of increased payments.

unresolved same_term A for effort

VETERANS BENEFITS EXPANSION ACT
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Mr. Bost (for himself, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Van Orden, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Murphy, Mr. McGuire, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Baird, Mr. Meuser, Ms. King-Hinds, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona, Mr. Hill of Arkansas, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Bost made an additional same-term legislative effort by introducing the broader Take Care of America’s Veterans Act, whose table of contents includes the Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026, but the introduced bill text is not itself enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 9237 (IH) - Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
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