Mortgage trade groups are closely monitoring a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would raise fees on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mortgages to help fund other veterans’ benefits.

The Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2025 (H.R. 6047) — introduced in November by Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Mich.) and House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.) — would increase benefits under two programs: Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) and Special Monthly Compensation (SMC).

Under the proposal, DIC payments to surviving family members would rise by a total of 5% over the next five details ⇒

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