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Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham [R-AZ-8] · R–AZ
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Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-03-03 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Veterans Readiness and Employment Transparency Act of 2025 would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide dedicated phone access and regional contact details for its training and rehabilitation programs for veterans with service-connected disabilities. It would require briefings for veterans at educational institutions. It would also require VA to approve or reject requests to extend vocational rehabilitation programs within 30 days.
This Act may be cited as the Veterans Readiness and Employment Transparency Act of 2025.
Outreach requirements for Department of Veterans Affairs training and rehabilitation programs for veterans with service-connected disabilities
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.
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.
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.
VA would have to establish a dedicated telephone number within its Education Call Center for questions about services under the affected training and rehabilitation chapter.
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 VA regional office would have to publish a contact name, telephone number, and email address on its website so veterans could obtain information about those services.
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.
VA employees whose responsibilities include counseling and services under the affected chapter would have to attend monthly question-and-answer sessions with appropriate school certifying officials.
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.
Each veteran readiness and employment counselor would have to provide an in-person briefing for veterans at every educational institution in the area served by the counselor's regional office. VA could provide the briefing virtually when an institution is more than 150 miles from that office's headquarters.
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.
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.
Within one year after enactment of the new outreach section, and annually afterward, VA would have to report to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees on extensions of vocational rehabilitation programs. Each report would give the number of veterans requesting extensions and the numbers of requests approved and rejected during the reporting year.
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.
VA would have to approve or reject a veteran's request for an extension under the referenced existing provision within 30 days of submission. This requires a timely decision; it does not require approval of every request.
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.
The supplied action snapshot, updated February 4, 2026, records introduction and referral to the House Veterans' Affairs Committee on March 3, 2025. It records a subcommittee markup and forwarding of the amended bill to the full committee by voice vote on April 9, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2026-02-04T04:11:39Z.
2025-03-03: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 2025-03-03: Introduced in House
2025-04-09: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote. 2025-04-09: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
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