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To amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the amount of time the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may extend the period of a vocational rehabilitation program for a veteran.
Summary
This bill would limit the period for which the Department of Veterans Affairs can extend a veteran's vocational rehabilitation program to ninety-six months (eight years). If the VA Secretary determines that extraordinary circumstances warrant an extension beyond this limit, the Secretary must submit written notice to the Senate and House Committees on Veterans' Affairs explaining the circumstances. The provision adds accountability requirements to the existing vocational rehabilitation program for veterans.
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- Jul 2, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · house
- Jul 2, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 2, 2025
Mr. Van Orden introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the amount of time the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may extend the period of a vocational rehabilitation program for a veteran.
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 “VR&E Accountability Act”.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON EXTENSION OF A VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOR A VETERAN.
Section 3105(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “The Secretary” and inserting “(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary”;
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(2) The Secretary may not, under this subsection, extend the period of a vocational rehabilitation program for a veteran so that such period exceeds ninety-six months until after the Secretary—
“(A) determines that extraordinary circumstances apply in the case of such veteran; and
“(B) submits to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives written notice of such extension and the extraordinary circumstances for such extension.”. <all>
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