HR 980 · Veterans Readiness and Employment Improvement Act of 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Introduced
- Feb 5, 2025
- Latest action
- Feb 3, 2026
- Sponsor
- Rep. Derrick Van Orden [R-WI-3]
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Cosponsors
- 0
Summary
Modernizing the Veterans On-Campus Experience Act of 2025 This bill removes the requirement that educational and vocational counseling services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on campus at institutions of higher learning must be provided by VA counselors.
Recent actions
- Feb 3, 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Feb 2, 2026 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Feb 2, 2026 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 2 (Roll no. 49). (text: CR H1929)
- Feb 2, 2026 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 2 (Roll no. 49). (text: CR H1929)
- Feb 2, 2026 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1936)
- Feb 2, 2026 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Feb 2, 2026 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 980.
- Feb 2, 2026 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1929-1930)
Votes
- On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Passed · Feb 2, 2026, 11:57 PM