{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-5946","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":5946,"title":"Stamp Out Veterans Medical Debt Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-11-07","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"F000474","fullName":"Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1]","party":"R","state":"NE","district":1}],"cosponsorsCount":4,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-11-20","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Health."},"policyArea":"Armed Forces and National Security","subjects":[],"actions":[{"date":"2025-11-20","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-11-07","text":"Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-11-07","text":"Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-11-07","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-11-07","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Stamp Out Veterans Medical Debt Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service to issue and sell a Veterans Medical Debt Relief Stamp to help pay medical debt incurred by veterans for hospital care, medicals services, and extended care services furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs, including through the Veterans Community Care Program.</p>","updateDate":"2026-07-23T20:31:44Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":8052,"ts":"2026-10-14T13:52:53.489Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=Stamp%20Out%20Veterans%20Medical%20Debt%20Act"}]}}