{"id":"4373b634-ed12-4133-aff4-57ce988bc133","feedVisibility":"normal","congress":119,"billType":"hr","billNumber":4488,"title":"Veterans Health Care Stamp Act","displayTitle":"Veterans Health Care Stamp Act","abstract":"Veterans Health Care Stamp Act This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service to issue and sell a Veterans Health Care Stamp to help fund the medical care and treatment of veterans.","displaySummary":"<p><strong>YVN Summary</strong></p>\n\n<p>If you buy stamps, you would get a new choice at the post office. The Postal Service would sell a Veterans Health Care Stamp that costs at least 15 percent more than regular postage. All of that extra money would go to the Department of Veterans Affairs (the VA) for veterans' medical care.\n\nRegular stamps would not change in price. Nobody would have to buy the new stamp. The Postal Service would put it on sale each year in time for Veterans Day. It would also pick the picture on the stamp. Money raised this way could not be used as a reason to cut the VA's regular budget.</p>","status":"COMMITTEE_CONSIDERATION","topics":["GOVERNMENT_OPERATIONS","DEFENSE","ECONOMY"],"introducedAt":"2025-07-17T00:00:00+00:00","latestActionAt":"2025-12-19T00:00:00+00:00","congressGovUrl":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4488","accountabilityFlags":{"your_money":["↑ Money for veterans' health care — raised by stamp sales","↑ Price of the veterans stamp — at least 15% above regular postage"]},"tldr":"A new stamp would cost at least 15% more than a normal one — with the extra going to veterans' health care.","summaryStandard":"v2","flagExplainers":{"your_money":["Every dollar paid above the normal stamp price would go to the VA for veterans' health care. The VA would still get its usual funding on top of that.","Under the postal law this stamp follows, it must be priced at least 15 percent above the regular rate. Nobody would be required to buy it, and regular stamps would keep their normal price."]},"flagValence":{"your_money":["good","contested"]},"needsResummary":false,"displaySummaryHtml":null,"rawStatusText":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.","chamber":null,"policyArea":"Armed Forces and National Security","legislativeSubjects":["Veterans","Healthcare","Postal Service","Commemorative stamps","Funding"],"lawStatus":null,"lawNumber":null,"latestActionText":null,"latestTextVersion":null,"textVersionUsed":"Introduced in House","dateAdded":"2026-03-31T00:00:00+00:00","summarizedAt":"2026-08-18T00:00:00+00:00","recordId":"4373b634-ed12-4133-aff4-57ce988bc133","feedIdentityKey":"119/hr/4488","websiteBillId":"HR-4488","yourvoiceSummary":"If you buy stamps, you would get a new choice at the post office. The Postal Service would sell a Veterans Health Care Stamp that costs at least 15 percent more than regular postage. All of that extra money would go to the Department of Veterans Affairs (the VA) for veterans' medical care.\n\nRegular stamps would not change in price. Nobody would have to buy the new stamp. The Postal Service would put it on sale each year in time for Veterans Day. It would also pick the picture on the stamp. Money raised this way could not be used as a reason to cut the VA's regular budget.","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T01:31:23.625344+00:00"}