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Veterans Readiness and Employment Transparency Act of 2025
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for outreach requirements for Department of Veterans Affairs training and rehabilitation programs for veterans with service-connected disabilities, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve outreach and transparency for its Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) program for veterans with service-connected disabilities. The bill establishes dedicated contact information for the program, including a dedicated phone number and website information at each regional office. It also requires VR&E counselors to conduct monthly question-and-answer sessions with school officials and provide in-person briefings at educational institutions in their service areas to inform veterans about available services. Additionally, the bill requires the VA to submit annual reports to Congress on veterans' requests for program extensions and mandates that the agency approve or deny extension requests within 30 days.
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Sponsor (1)
26 cosponsors
- Del. King-Hinds, Kimberlyn [R-MP-At Large] (R-MP)
- Rep. Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7] (R-MI)
- Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] (R-IL)
- Rep. Bynum, Janelle S. [D-OR-5] (D-OR)
- Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6] (R-AZ)
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC)
- Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1] (R-MN)
- Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] (R-MO)
- Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] (R-KY)
- Rep. Haridopolos, Mike [R-FL-8] (R-FL)
- Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2] (R-AR)
- Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL)
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA)
- Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1] (R-MS)
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY)
- Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] (D-NV)
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE)
- Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen [D-MI-8] (D-MI)
- Rep. Messmer, Mark [R-IN-8] (R-IN)
- Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] (R-NC)
- Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX)
- Rep. Riley, Josh [D-NY-19] (D-NY)
- Rep. Schmidt, Derek [R-KS-2] (R-KS)
- Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10] (R-OH)
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA)
- Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] (R-VA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Abraham J. Hamadeh’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $72,681
- ENTREPRENEUR $47,483
- PATRIOT DISPOSAL $13,013
- CLB PARTNERS LLC $12,000
- HOH INVESTMENT GROUP $10,100
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Abraham J. Hamadeh → · Outside spending →
Actions (6)
- Apr 9, 2025 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote. · house
- Apr 9, 2025 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Mar 10, 2025 Subcommittee Hearings Held · house
- Mar 10, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. · house
- Mar 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · house
- Mar 3, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 3, 2025
Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Graves, Mr. Wittman, and Mr. Haridopolos) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for outreach requirements for Department of Veterans Affairs training and rehabilitation programs for veterans with service-connected disabilities, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Veterans Readiness and Employment Transparency Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. OUTREACH REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TRAINING AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES.
(a) VRE Contact Information.—Section 3104 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(f) The Secretary shall establish a dedicated telephone number within the Education Call Center of the Department for calls about services provided under this chapter. Each regional office of the Department shall include, on the website of the regional office, a name, telephone number, and email address, through which veterans may receive information about services provided under this chapter.”.
(b) Outreach Requirement.—
(1) In general.—Chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “Sec. 3123. Outreach requirements
“(a) Question and Answer Sessions.—The Secretary shall require each employee of the Department whose responsibilities include providing counseling and services under this chapter to attend a monthly question and answer session with appropriate school certifying officials.
“(b) Informational Briefings.—(1) The Secretary shall require each veteran readiness and employment counselor to provide for veterans at each educational institution located in the geographic area served by the Regional Office where the counselor is employed an in-person briefing about services provided under this chapter.
“(2) The Secretary may provide a briefing required under paragraph
(1) virtually in the case of an educational institution located more than 150 miles away from the headquarters of the Regional Office.
“(c) Annual Report.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the extension of periods of vocational rehabilitation programs under section 3105(c) of this title. Such report shall include, for the year covered by the report—
“(1) the number of veterans who requested such an extension;
“(2) the number of such requests that were approved; and
“(3) the number of such requests that were rejected.”.
(2) Clerical amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
“3123. Outreach requirements.”.
(c) Extension of Entitlements.—Section 3105(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
(2) by inserting “(1)” before “The Secretary”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(2) If a veteran applies for an extension under paragraph
(1), the Secretary shall approve or reject the extension by not later than 30 days after the date on which the veteran submits a request for the extension.”. <all>
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