Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery Act
Latest action · Oct 5, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 736.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 24, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery Act or the RECOVER Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to implement a three-year pilot program to make grants to established non-profit mental health care providers to provide culturally competent, evidence-based mental health care for veterans.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 29, 2025 to Jun 24, 2026.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Apr 29, 2025 | |
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Jun 6, 2025 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Jul 14, 2025 | |
| R-AZ | Juan Ciscomani | May 12, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Jun 24, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 24, 2025Markup May 14, 2026Reported Oct 5, 2026 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 26, 2025Hearings Jan 13, 2026Markup Apr 16, 2026Reported Apr 16, 2026 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 5, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-839.
- Oct 5, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 736.
- May 14, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- May 14, 2026Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 8.
- Apr 16, 2026Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Apr 16, 2026Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jan 13, 2026Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Mar 26, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 24, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 24, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 18, 2026H.R. 2283, Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 14, 2026
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 53, March 24, 2025, page H1219.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-42 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING168 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jan 13, 2026 |
| Serial No. 119-30 | RIGHT TIME, RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TREATMENT WITH VA COMMUNITY CARE144 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jul 15, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4137 | RECOVER Act | Related bill | Mar 18, 2026 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide grants to outpatient mental health facilities for the provision of culturally competent, evidence-based mental health care for veterans, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 5, 2026Reported in House
- Mar 24, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
