Bills · 119th Congress · H.R. 1987

Saving Our Veterans Lives Act of 2025

IntroducedConfirmed from the official record

Sponsored by Christopher R. Deluzio DDemocrat, introduced . Policy area, as Congress files it: Armed Forces and National Security.

Status is read from the official actions by their Library of Congress codes: Became Public Law (36000) or a law number on the bill reads "Became law"; Vetoed (31000) reads "Vetoed"; Presented to President (28000) reads "Sent to the President"; passed or agreed to in the House (8000) and in the Senate (17000) reads "Passed both chambers"; one of them alone reads "Passed the House" or "Passed the Senate" ("Agreed to" for a resolution); reported to the House (5000) or the Senate (14000) reads "Reported by committee"; anything else reads "Introduced".

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Cosponsors

30 cosponsors.

Cosponsors
MemberJoined
John James RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Brian K. Fitzpatrick RRepublicanOriginal cosponsor
Greg Landsman DDemocratOriginal cosponsor
Gabe Amo DDemocrat
Summer L. Lee DDemocrat
Nicole Malliotakis RRepublican
Kathy Castor DDemocrat
Bennie G. Thompson DDemocrat
Norma J. Torres DDemocrat
Angie Craig DDemocrat
Kim Schrier DDemocrat
Melanie A. Stansbury DDemocrat
Jahana Hayes DDemocrat
Mark Pocan DDemocrat
Thomas R. Suozzi DDemocrat
Michael Lawler RRepublican
Madeleine Dean DDemocrat
Nikki Budzinski DDemocrat
Steven Horsford DDemocrat
James A. Himes DDemocrat
William R. Keating DDemocrat
Scott H. Peters DDemocrat
Eleanor Holmes Norton DDemocrat
Maggie Goodlander DDemocrat
James R. Walkinshaw DDemocrat
Suzanne Bonamici DDemocrat
Julie Johnson DDemocrat
Shri Thanedar DDemocrat
Eugene Simon Vindman DDemocrat
Debbie Wasserman Schultz DDemocrat

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Actions

  1. Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
  2. Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  3. Introduced in House
  4. Introduced in House

Committees

  • Veterans' Affairs Committee (House)Referred To, March 10, 2025

Hearings

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Who lobbied on this bill

Confirmed from the official record

3 lobbying reports name H.R. 1987, for 3 clients.

Lobbying reports that name H.R. 1987
ClientRegistrantAmount for the whole quarterLobbyists named for this issueFiledReport
BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCEBRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCESecond quarter of 2026$40,000reported as expenses
  • MARK COLLINS
  • TARANEH TANYA SCHARDT
  • CATHERINE MOUER
Open the report
NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATIONNATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATIONSecond quarter of 2026$1,990,000reported as expenses
  • LAWRENCE G KEANE
  • PATRICK ROTHWELL
  • DIANE LYNN CIHOTA CASHOUR
  • SEAN JOSEPH CULLEN SMITH
  • JOSEPH BLISS
Open the report
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSNAMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSNSecond quarter of 2026$340,000reported as expenses
  • KATHERINE MCGUIRE
  • KAREN CONWELL SMITH
  • BENJAMIN VONACHEN
  • STEFANIE REEVES
Open the report

A lobbying report states the registrant's income from the client (a lobbying firm) or its own lobbying expenses (an organization lobbying for itself), for the whole quarter and every issue together, rounded to the nearest $10,000. A report under $5,000 states no figure. It is not the amount spent on one bill.

Reports read: 0 of 1 quarters read in full (2026-Q2). With no registered key the service allows 15 requests a minute, so this covers the latest quarter only. With a key it covers four.

Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.

All saved lobbying reports that name H.R. 1987

Contributions from these lobbyists and firms to the sponsor and cosponsors

Contributions to this bill's sponsor and cosponsors from lobbyists and firms on its reports
ToReported byPaid to, as reportedAmountDate
Michael Lawler RRepublicanCosponsorNATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION PACfiled by NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, a registrant that filed a lobbying report naming this bill (same LDA registrant number 400958766)LAWLER FOR CONGRESS, INC.Honoree: Rep. Mike Lawler$1,000Open the report

Contribution reports are read for 7 of the 31 sponsors and cosponsors so far.

Lobbyists and registrants report their political contributions twice a year (form LD-203). A contribution is listed here when the report was filed by a lobbyist named on this bill's lobbying reports or by a registrant that filed one of them, and its payee is the member's own committee as the FEC lists it, under the exact-name rule. The contribution's date is as reported and can fall before or after the lobbying.

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