The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 7101 in the PDF
What the document says
“Section 1710(f)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking "September 30, 2025" and inserting "September 30, 2026".”
The power to collect these copayments is written with an end date, so it has to be carried forward each time it draws near.
What the document actually says
“Section 1710(f)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking "September 30, 2025" and inserting "September 30, 2026".”
That sentence, in plain words
One date in the law is taken out. A date one year later is put in.
What this is about
A copayment is the share a patient pays. This lets the department keep asking for it for one more year.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, Public Law 119-37, sec. 7101, 139 Stat. 649 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ37/html/PLAW-119publ37.htm
This page
“Extension of Authority for Collection of Copayments for Hospital Care and Nursing Home Care,” Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, section 7101. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/continuing-appropriations-agriculture-legislative/section-7101/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out
The one thing the section does: move the date so the authority runs a year longer.
Nothing else. The section is one sentence.
The section works by amending title 38 of the United States Code. That law is not indexed here, so this file does not say who pays a copayment or how much.
