H.R. 980

Veterans Readiness and Employment Improvement Act of 2025

Sponsor: Derrick Van Orden · 0 cosponsors

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Where it stands

Introduced Feb 5, 2025
Committee Apr 9, 2025
House of Representatives Feb 2
Senate Now
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Introduced Feb 5, 2025
Committee Apr 9, 2025
House of Representatives Feb 2
Senate Now
Law —

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (Feb 3)

Votes

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Passed, 402–2 House of Representatives · Roll Call 49 · Feb 2

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Official summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service.

Modernizing the Veterans On-Campus Experience Act of 2025

This bill removes the requirement that educational and vocational counseling services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on campus at institutions of higher learning must be provided by VA counselors.

Text of the bill

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Sec. 1. Short title

Sec. 2. Elimination of requirement that on-campus educational and vocational counseling is provided by certain Department of Veterans Affairs employees

Sec. 3. Authority of Secretary of Veterans Affairs to approve non-degree flight training courses as part of vocational rehabilitation programs for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities

Sec. 4. Department of Veterans Affairs training and rehabilitation programs for veterans with service-connected disabilities: outreach requirement; extensions

Sec. 5. Extension of certain limits on payments of pension