Fairness for Servicemembers and their Families Act of 2025

[119th Congress Public Law 54]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



[[Page 139 STAT. 705]]

Public Law 119-54
119th Congress

                                 An Act


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs to periodically review the automatic maximum coverage 
under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program and the Veterans' 
 Group Life Insurance program, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Dec. 12, 
                          2025 -  [H.R. 970]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Fairness for 
Servicemembers and their Families Act of 2025.>> 
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 38 USC 101 note.>>  SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness for Servicemembers and their 
Families Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. PERIODIC REVIEW OF AUTOMATIC MAXIMUM COVERAGE UNDER 
                    SERVICEMEMBERS' GROUP LIFE INSURANCE AND 
                    VETERANS' GROUP LIFE INSURANCE.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter III of chapter 19 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 1980B. <<NOTE: 38 USC 1980B.>>  Periodic review of 
                    automatic maximum coverage

    ``(a) In General.--On January 1, 2026, and every five years 
thereafter, the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) complete a review of how the amount specified in 
        section 1967(a)(3)(A)(i) compares to the amount described in 
        subsection (b); and
            ``(2) submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the 
        House of Representatives and the Senate the results of the 
        review, which may serve as a guide for coverage increases within 
        the existing administrative incremental structure.

    ``(b) Amount Described.--The amount described in this subsection is 
the amount equal to--
            ``(1) $500,000; multiplied by
            ``(2) the average percentage by which the Consumer Price 
        Index changed during the five fiscal years preceding the review 
        under subsection (a).

    ``(c) Consumer Price Index Defined.--In this section, the term 
`Consumer Price Index' means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 
Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department 
of Labor.''.

[[Page 139 STAT. 706]]

    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 19 of such title <<NOTE: 38 USC prec. 1901.>>  is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 1980A the following new 
item:

``1980B. Periodic review of automatic maximum coverage.''.

    Approved December 12, 2025.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 970:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 171 (2025):
            Apr. 7, considered and passed House.
            Nov. 20, considered and passed Senate.

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