Veterans Opportunity Act of 2025
- Last Action
- 5/21/2025
Actions
- 2025-05-21Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-86.
- 2025-04-30Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2025-04-30Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2025-04-30 (00)
Veterans Opportunity Act of 2025
This bill establishes the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration to administer economic opportunity assistance programs for veterans and their dependents and survivors.
Specifically, the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration must administer the following Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs:
- vocational rehabilitation and employment programs,
- educational assistance programs,
- veterans' housing loan and related programs,
- the responsibilities of the VA with respect to the Transition Assistance Program, and
- any other VA program that the VA determines is appropriate.
Prior to the transfer of administrative responsibilities, the bill requires the VA to certify that (1) the transition of the provision of services will not negatively affect the provision of such services to veterans, and (2) such services are ready to be transferred.
Cosponsors (4)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Ashley Moody (R-FL)
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Labor-management relations
- Small business
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
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