H.R. 7199

Summary

H.R. 7199, the Gerald’s Law Act, was introduced in the House on Jan 22, 2026 by Rep. Jack Bergman (R) with 14 co-sponsors. It was referred to Veterans' Affairs, and last saw action on Jan 22, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Record

Text

H.R. 7199 has 14 co-sponsors.

116 HR 7199 IH: Gerald’s Law Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-01-22
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 7199  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   January 22, 2026   Mr. Bergman  (for himself,  Ms. Budzinski ,  Mr. Golden of Maine ,  Ms. Malliotakis ,  Mr. Self ,  Ms. Lee of Nevada ,  Mr. Bacon ,  Mr. Neguse ,  Mr. DesJarlais ,  Mr. Mast ,  Mr. Baird , and  Ms. Pettersen ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Veterans' Affairs    A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a burial allowance for certain veterans who die at home while in receipt of hospice care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Gerald’s Law Act  .
2.
Burial allowance for certain veterans who die at home while in receipt of hospice care furnished by Department of Veterans Affairs
(a)
In general
Section 2303(a)(2)(A) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in clause (i), by striking  ; or  and inserting a semicolon;
(2)
in clause (ii)(III), by striking the period at the end and inserting  ; or ; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following new clause:
(iii)
a home or other setting at which the deceased veteran was, at the time of death, receiving hospice care pursuant to section 1717(a) of this title if such care was directly preceded by the Secretary furnishing to the veteran hospital care or nursing home care as described in subclauses (I), (II), or (III) of clause (ii).
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(b)
Effective date
The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 ( Public Law 116–315 ).

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Jack Bergman (R) sponsors H.R. 7199, and 14 members have co-sponsored it, 11 of them from the day it was introduced.

Jack Bergman

Rep. · R–MI-1 · Sponsor

Introduced Jan 22, 2026

Don Bacon

Rep. · R–NE-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2026 · Original

James Baird

Rep. · R–IN-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2026 · Original

Nikki Budzinski

Rep. · D–IL-13 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2026 · Original

Scott DesJarlais

Rep. · R–TN-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2026 · Original

Jared Golden

Rep. · D–ME-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2026 · Original

Suzanne Lee

Rep. · D–NV-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2026 · Original

Nicole Malliotakis

Rep. · R–NY-11 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2026 · Original

Brian Mast

Rep. · R–FL-21 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2026 · Original

Joseph Neguse

Rep. · D–CO-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 22, 2026 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 7199 went before 1 committee: Veterans' Affairs.

Veterans' Affairs

Veterans' Affairs

Referred To · Jan 22, 2026 · 285 Bills

Actions

H.R. 7199 has taken 2 actions since Jan 22, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 7199 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 7199 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Gerald’s Law Act — Display Title
• Gerald’s Law Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a burial allowance for certain veterans who die at home while in receipt of hospice care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

4 clients hired 4 firms and 24 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 7199 in 6 quarterly filings, 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 Health Issues, Veterans, Defense, Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Education.

Clients

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

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 24.

Filings

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

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 7199 under Armed Forces and National Security, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 7199’s is Armed Forces and National Security.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 7199, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 15 (Thursday, January 22, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BERGMAN:H.R. 7199.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United StatesConstitution[Page H1351]

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