Every Veteran Counts Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5994 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5994 To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to maintain demographic information regarding veterans and publish such information on a website of the Department of Veterans Affairs. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 10, 2025 Ms. Brownley (for herself and Ms. Tlaib) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to maintain demographic information regarding veterans and publish such information on a website of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Every Veteran Counts Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) The Department of Veterans Affairs is responsible for providing a variety of benefits and services to more than 19,000,000 living veterans. (2) Pursuant to section 527 of title 38, United States Code, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has conducted the National Survey of Veterans to assess the needs and sentiments of a statistically valid sample of all veterans. (3) The Secretary has conducted this National Survey of Veterans in the late 1970s, 1987, 1993, 2001, and 2010. (4) The last survey conducted in 2010 included veterans and other beneficiary groups, such as members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, military spouses, and surviving spouses of such veterans and members. (5) The 2010 survey included information on demographics, awarenes