The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 7402 in the PDF
What the document says
“Section 503(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking "December 31, 2025" and inserting "December 31, 2026".”
Section 503 lets the Secretary grant relief where the department's own error or delay has cost a person a benefit, and section 503(c) requires a yearly account of it.
What the document actually says
“Section 503(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking "December 31, 2025" and inserting "December 31, 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
When the department gets something wrong, it can put it right. The yearly report says how often that happened.
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. 7402, 139 Stat. 654 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ37/html/PLAW-119publ37.htm
This page
“Extension of Requirement for Annual Report on Use of Authority to Provide Equitable Relief,” Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, section 7402. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/continuing-appropriations-agriculture-legislative/section-7402/ (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 last date on which a report is required.
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 what equitable relief is or what the report contains.
