HR 660 ยท WISER Act of 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Introduced
- Jan 23, 2025
- Latest action
- Mar 4, 2025
- Sponsor
- Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA-26]
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Cosponsors
- 7
Summary
Women Involuntarily Separated Earning Remittance Act of 2025 or the WISER Act of 2025 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish and implement certain programs to address the involuntary separation of women veterans who served during the period of April 27, 1951, through February 23, 1976, under Executive Order 10240. Such order provided for the involuntary separation of women from service for (1) being a parent via birth or adoption, (2) gaining custody of a child, (3) being a step-parent who lived with the child more than 30 days per year, (4) being pregnant, or (5) giving birth to a living child while serving. The VA must establish and implement a program to upgrade the discharge status of such women veterans, and DOD must establish and implement a program to provide them with a one-time compensation of $25,000. Veterans must apply to participate in such programs. For benefits purposes, the VA must treat veterans who receive a discharge status upgrade as if the veteran completed the duty to which the veteran was assigned at the time they were discharged from service. If a veteran dies after the enactment of this bill, a surviving spouse is eligible to participate in the DOD compensation program. The bill provides a rebuttable presumption of eligibility for the programs for a veteran who gave birth, obtained custody, adopted a child, or experienced an incomplete pregnancy during the 10-month period after the veteran was separated from service.
Recent actions
- Mar 4, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Jan 23, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
- Jan 23, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
- Jan 23, 2025 Introduced in House
- Jan 23, 2025 Introduced in House
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.