STRIVE Act of 2025

This bill would require the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress within 180 days on 15 years of data about veterans' discharge types, requests to change those discharges, and applications for VA disability benefits, broken down by race, ethnicity, and gender. The GAO would also determine whether there are race, ethnicity, or gender differences in discharge reviews and changes, and whether those differences relate to differences in VA disability benefits. Within 365 days, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs would have to publish a report naming the main causes of such differences in disability benefits and a three-year plan to address them. The Secretary would then carry out the plan and post yearly public progress reports online.

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Sponsors

• Steven Horsford Democrat sponsor
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