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FAST VETS Act

Introduced Jul 16, 2025

Latest action (Jan 20, 2026) Became Public Law No: 119-72.

Referred to
Veterans' Affairs Committee Veterans' Affairs Committee
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Legislative subjects (1)
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary

The bill modifies the conditions under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs must redevelop an individualized vocational rehabilitation plan for a veteran. The Secretary must redevelop the plan only if changes in the veteran's employment handicap make the original long-range rehabilitation goals no longer feasible and a different plan would be more likely to achieve those goals. The Secretary may disapprove redevelopment of the plan if the Secretary determines redevelopment is not appropriate.

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Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors

Actions (20)
  1. Jan 20, 2026 Became Public Law No: 119-72.
  2. Jan 20, 2026 Signed by President.
  3. Jan 12, 2026 Presented to President. · house
  4. Dec 19, 2025 Message on Senate action sent to the House. · senate
  5. Dec 18, 2025 Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8895) · senate
  6. Dec 18, 2025 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  7. Dec 18, 2025 Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. · senate
  8. Sep 16, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · senate
  9. Sep 15, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
  10. Sep 15, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4298) · house
  11. Sep 15, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4298)
  12. Sep 15, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4446. · house
  13. Sep 15, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4298) · house
  14. Sep 15, 2025 Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. · house
  15. Sep 10, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 222. · house
  16. Sep 10, 2025 Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-266. · house
  17. Jul 23, 2025 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. · house
  18. Jul 23, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  19. Jul 16, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · house
  20. Jul 16, 2025 Introduced in House

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HR 6835 — Veterans STAND Act (shares 1 subject)
  • HR 1391 — Student Veteran Benefit Restoration Act of 2025 (shares 1 subject)
  • HR 6843 — Establishing the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration Act of 2025 (shares 1 subject)
  • HR 7314 — Advancing Commonsense Policies Act (shares 1 subject)
  • HR 2722 — VA Funding and Workforce Protection Act (shares 1 subject)
  • HR 2954 — Veterans’ Transition to Trucking Act of 2025 (shares 1 subject)
  • HR 5436 — To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit an educational institution from withholding a transcript from an individual who pursued a course or program of education at such institution using Post-9/11 educational assistance. (shares 1 subject)
  • HR 5634 — Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act of 2025 (shares 1 subject)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 6861 — Consolidating Veteran Employment Services for Improved Performance Act · Introduced Mar 18, 2026 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 9476 — To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to coordinate with the Secretary of Health and Human Services in administering the Veterans Community Care Program, and for other purposes. · Introduced Jun 30, 2026 · Cong. 119 69%
  • HR 6587 — Vets ETA · Introduced Jan 5, 2026 · Cong. 119 69%
  • HR 6595 — To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve the availability of care for veterans at facilities of the Department of Defense. · Introduced Dec 18, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 6033 — STRIVE Act of 2025 · Introduced Nov 20, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 4271 — VR&E Accountability Act · Introduced Jul 2, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%

Text versions (5)
  • Referred in Senate · Sep 16, 2025
  • Engrossed in House · Sep 15, 2025
  • Reported in House · Sep 10, 2025
  • Introduced in House · Jul 16, 2025
  • Enrolled Bill

Full text

An Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the conditions under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is required to redevelop the individualized vocational rehabilitation plan for a veteran, 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 “Focused Assistance and Skills Training for Veterans’ Employment and Transition Success Act” or the “FAST VETS Act”.

SEC. 2. CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS SHALL REDEVELOP INDIVIDUALIZED VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PLAN. Section 3107 of title 38, United States Code, is amended in subsection (b)—

(1) by striking “The Secretary shall review” and inserting

“(1) The Secretary shall review”;

(2) by striking the second sentence; and

(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(2) On the basis of such review, the Secretary shall—

“(A) redevelop such plan with such veteran if the Secretary determines the achievement of the long-range rehabilitation goals for such veteran is—

“(i) no longer feasible due to changes in the employment handicap of the veteran; and

“(ii) likelier under a different plan formulated under subsection (a); or

“(B) disapprove redevelopment of such plan if the Secretary determines such redevelopment is not appropriate.”.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.

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