No Wrong Door for Veterans Act

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Summary

No Wrong Door for Veterans ActThis bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and modifies the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which awards grants to eligible entities to provide or coordinate suicide prevention services for veterans and members of the Armed Forces and their families.Among other elements, the billadjusts the maximum amount for grants awarded under the program and provides for additional funding per individual who receives suicide prevention services provided or coordinated by a grantee;requires the VA to provide briefings about the grant program at least once a year to certain personnel at each VA medical center located within 100 miles from the primary location of a grantee;requires baseline mental health screenings for risk provided as suicide prevention services under the program to use a protocol selected by the VA; andmodifies eligibility requirements for entities seeking grants, including by authorizing applications from health care providers.In subsequent applications, grantees who have previously received funds under the program must include evidence that previously awarded funds served a significant number of veterans.The bill requires grantees to notify (1) eligible individuals that they may receive emergent suicide care furnished or paid for by the VA, and (2) the VA if eligible individuals request emergent suicide care.

Source: Congressional Research Service via Congress.gov · as of Jul 11, 2026

How it has moved

1. May 22, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2. May 22, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
3. May 22, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
4. May 22, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
5. May 22, 2025Considered as unfinished business.
6. May 20, 2025At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Bost objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
7. May 20, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1969.
8. May 20, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2175-2177; text: CR H2175-2176)
9. May 20, 2025Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
10. May 19, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 76.
11. May 19, 2025