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H.R. 1404

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 1404, the CHAMPVA Children’s Care Protection Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Feb 18, 2025 by Rep. Julia Brownley (D) with 38 co-sponsors. It was referred to Subcommittee on Health, and last saw action on Dec 19, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Record

Text

H.R. 1404 has 38 co-sponsors.

hb1404/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 1404 IH: CHAMPVA Children’s Care Protection Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-18
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1404  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 18, 2025   Ms. Brownley  (for herself,  Mr. Mrvan ,  Mr. Grijalva ,  Ms. Norton , and  Mr. Magaziner ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Veterans' Affairs    A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   CHAMPVA Children’s Care Protection Act of 2025  .
2.
Increase of maximum age for children eligible for medical care under CHAMPVA program
(a)
Increase
Subsection (c) of section 1781 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
(c)
(1)
Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (iii) of section 101(4)(A) of this title and except as provided in paragraph (2), for purposes of this section, a child is eligible for benefits under subsection (a) until the child's 26th birthday, regardless of the child's marital status.
(2)
This subsection shall not be construed to limit eligibility for benefits under subsection (a) of a child described in section 101(4)(A)(ii) of this title.
 .
(b)
Effective Date
Such subsection, as so amended, shall apply with respect to medical care provided on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-02-18
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Feb 18, 2025

hb1404/introduced-in-house.md

Shown Here:
Introduced in House (02/18/2025)

CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2025

This bill provides that a child shall be eligible for medical care under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) until the child's 26th birthday, regardless of the child's marital status.

Sponsors

Rep. Julia Brownley (D) sponsors H.R. 1404, and 38 members have co-sponsored it, 4 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 1404 went before 2 committees: Health Subcommittee and Veterans' Affairs.

Health Subcommittee
Health Subcommittee
Referred to · Dec 19, 2025 · 143 Bills
Veterans' Affairs
Veterans' Affairs
Referred To · Feb 18, 2025 · 285 Bills

Actions

H.R. 1404 has taken 3 actions since Feb 18, 2025, the latest on Dec 19, 2025.

ChamberAction
Dec 19, 2025
House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.Health Subcommittee
Feb 18, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Feb 18, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.Veterans' Affairs Committee

Votes

H.R. 1404 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 1404.

Titles

H.R. 1404 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • CHAMPVA Children’s Care Protection Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • CHAMPVA Children’s Care Protection Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

5 clients hired 5 firms and 39 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1404 in 20 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Veterans, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Defense, Budget/Appropriations, Medicare/Medicaid, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Government Issues, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICASteven Strobridge, Col, Delisted for 04/26/2013 Rene Campos, CDR, Delisted for 06/17/2013Virginia16—
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA—District of Columbia16—
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS—District of Columbia14—
U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATIONTo promote travel to and within the United StatesDistrict of Columbia13$80K
NEMOURS FOUNDATION - A FLORIDA NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION—District of Columbia11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA16—
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA16—
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS14—
CGCN GROUP, LLC13$80K
THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION - A FLORIDA NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 39.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
APRIL VOGEL116
BRENDEN MCMAHON116
BRIAN KELLY116
HEATHER ANSLEY116
JAMES O'BRIEN116
JENNIFER GOODALE116
JEREMY VILLANUEVA116
JULIE HOWELL116
KAREN RUEDISUELI116
MORGAN BROWN116
RENE CAMPOS116
TERRY WATERS116
ANTHONYA JAMES114
JON RETZER114
JOSEPH LEMAY114
JOY ILEM114
LISA ELIJAH114
NAOMI MATHIS114
PETER DICKINSON114
SHAMALA CAPIZZI114

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAMILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA2026 second_quarter$854.4K2nd Quarter - Report
MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAMILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA2025 first_quarter$489.8K1st Quarter - Amendme…
MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAMILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA2025 first_quarter$489.8K1st Quarter - Report
MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAMILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA2026 first_quarter$481.6K1st Quarter - Report
MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAMILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA2025 fourth_quarter$446K4th Quarter - Report
MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAMILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA2025 third_quarter$423K3rd Quarter - Report
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS2025 fourth_quarter$161.3K4th Quarter - Report
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS2025 third_quarter$141.4K3rd Quarter - Report
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS2025 second_quarter$141.4K2nd Quarter - Report
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS2025 first_quarter$141.4K1st Quarter - Report
NEMOURS FOUNDATION - A FLORIDA NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONTHE NEMOURS FOUNDATION - A FLORIDA NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION2026 second_quarter$140K2nd Quarter - Report
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICAPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA2026 second_quarter$112.1K2nd Quarter - Report
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICAPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA2026 first_quarter$108.2K1st Quarter - Report
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICAPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA2025 second_quarter$89.2K2nd Quarter - Report
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICAPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA2025 first_quarter$88.6K1st Quarter - Report
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICAPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA2025 fourth_quarter$87.2K4th Quarter - Report
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICAPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA2025 third_quarter$87.2K3rd Quarter - Report
U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATIONCGCN GROUP, LLC2025 second_quarter$30K2nd Quarter - Report
U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATIONCGCN GROUP, LLC2025 first_quarter$30K1st Quarter - Report
U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATIONCGCN GROUP, LLC2025 third_quarter$20K3rd Quarter - Termina…

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1404 under Armed Forces and National Security, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 5 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1404’s is Armed Forces and National Security.

hr1404/policy-areas.txt
Armed Forces and National SecurityAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 1404 carries 5 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Child health to Veterans' medical care.

hr1404/subjects.txt
Child healthHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessMilitary personnel and dependentsVeterans' medical care

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 1404, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 18, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. BROWNLEY:H.R. 1404.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H723]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com