S 1665
Cleared committee
Requires the VA to notify veterans of secrecy oath programs about the benefits they may be owed and sets the start date for their disability compensation to the day after discharge or release.
Official title: OATH Act of 2025
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Senate
Introduced
07-MAY-2025
Referred
07-MAY-2025
Approved by committee
18-MAR-2026
- Defines a secrecy oath program as a federal program whose participants sign a nondisclosure agreement backed by court-martial or criminal punishment.
- Requires the VA to identify participants and notify them of benefits within 90 days after their release from the oath, and to notify any missed veterans within 90 days of identifying them.
- Requires the VA to notify Edgewood Arsenal participants at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, who served from January 1, 1948, through December 31, 1975, within 90 days of enactment.
- Sets the effective date of disability compensation awards for Edgewood Arsenal participants and other secrecy oath participants as the day after discharge or release.
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Armed Forces and National Security
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