Veterans SPORT Act
Latest action · Mar 18, 2026 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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.
- IntroducedNov 6, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veterans Supporting Prosthetics Opportunities and Recreational Therapy Act or the Veterans SPORT Act
This bill includes adaptive prostheses and terminal devices for sports and other recreational activities within the definition of medical services under the laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Under the bill, these artificial limbs must be furnished as medical services to eligible veterans.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 6, 2025 to Jul 30, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Nov 6, 2025 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Feb 3, 2026 | |
| R-AL | Tommy Tuberville | Mar 17, 2026 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Mar 19, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | May 13, 2026 | |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Jul 30, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 6, 2025Markup Mar 18, 2026 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 18, 2026Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Nov 6, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Nov 6, 2025Read twice and referred to the 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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Apr 21, 2026S. 3138, Veterans Supporting Prosthetics Opportunities and Recreational Therapy ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on March 18, 2026
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 119-285 | INDEPENDENT SPIRITS: VETERAN HEALTH AND HEALING THROUGH ADAPTIVE SPORTS86 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Feb 4, 2026 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1971 | Veterans SPORT Act | Identical bill | Mar 25, 2025 |
| HR 9478 | Veterans SPORT Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Sep 17, 2024 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to include adaptive prostheses and terminal devices for sports and other recreational activities in the medical services furnished to eligible veterans by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Veterans SPORT Act
- Veterans Supporting Prosthetics Opportunities and Recreational Therapy Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 6, 2025Introduced in Senate
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.
