HR 1578
Veterans Claims Education Act of 2025
Summary
Veterans Claims Education Act of 2025 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to, upon receipt of an initial claim for benefits from a claimant that is not represented by an accredited person (i.e., a veterans service organization, attorney, or agent recognized by the VA), provide (1) notice that an accredited person may assist the claimant, (2) notice that a veterans service organization may represent the claimant for free, (3) information regarding a search tool to find an accredited person to assist in the filing of claims, and (4) information on how and where to report a person who is not accredited and charged a fee to assist with a claim. In its web portal, the VA must provide a warning regarding fees an agent or attorney may charge for assistance in filing benefits claims. (Under current law, fees are generally prohibited for filing an initial claim.)
Bill status
- Status
- Passed House
- Sponsor
- Rep. Scott H. Peters [D-CA-50]
- Cosponsors
- 9
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Introduced
- 2025-02-25
- Latest action
- 2025-05-20: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-05-20: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2025-05-19: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2025-05-19: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2133-2134)
- 2025-05-19: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2133-2134)
- 2025-05-19: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1578.