Legislation1w ago
42
To authorize implementation grants to community-based nonprofits to operate one-stop reentry centers.
HR8548Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
introduced
S1543119th CongressWALLET
Veterans Opportunity Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN]
In Committee
Summary
A single VA administration for veterans' economic opportunity and transition services. This bill would create the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration to administer VA programs that help veterans and their dependents with job training, education, housing loans, and transition support.
Show full summary
- Veterans and families: Would consolidate vocational rehabilitation and employment programs, educational assistance, veterans' housing loan and related programs, and the Transition Assistance Program under one administration to coordinate economic and transition services.
- VA employees and unions: Would establish an Under Secretary for Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition who reports to the Secretary, and transferred employees would retain labor rights, union inclusion, and collective bargaining protections.
- Congress and oversight: Would require an annual report to Congress, within the Secretary's annual report, listing claims received and decided, average processing time, successful outcomes, full‑time equivalent employees, and amounts spent on information technology.
- Timing and budget guidance: Would take effect on October 1 of the first fiscal year after enactment and expresses a Sense of Congress that creating the administration should not change VA budget levels or the number of full‑time staff compared with the day before enactment.
Your PRIA Score
Score Hidden
Personalized for You
How does this bill affect your finances?
Sign up for a PRIA Policy Scan to see your personalized alignment score for this bill and every other piece of legislation we track. We analyze your financial profile against policy provisions to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
New VA office for veterans' opportunity
This bill would create a Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration inside VA. It would run vocational rehab, education help, VA home loans, and transition assistance. The office would take effect on October 1 of the first fiscal year after enactment. The bill would also require yearly program reports and set up a commission to recommend candidates for the Under Secretary. The Under Secretary job would begin on October 1, 2025.
Protections for veterans and VA workers
This bill would bar VA from moving veteran services into the new office until the Secretary certifies services won't be harmed and are ready to move. The certification could be sent no earlier than April 1 and must be sent by September 1 of the first fiscal year after enactment. If the Secretary misses that deadline, VA would have to explain why and give a new estimated date. The bill would also require that transferred VA employees keep their union membership and collective bargaining agreements. The bill states that Congress thinks the move should not change VA budgets or staff levels, but that statement is non-binding.
Free Policy Watch
You just read the policy. Now see what it costs you.
Pick a topic. PRIA runs your household against live legislation and sends you a free personalized readout.
Pick a topic to get started
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN]
IN • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
NH • D
Sponsored 4/30/2025
Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
FL • R
Sponsored 4/30/2025
Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
NV • D
Sponsored 4/30/2025
Sen. Moody, Ashley [R-FL]
FL • R
Sponsored 5/7/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
View on Congress.govTake It Personal
Get Your Personalized Policy View
Take the PRIA Score to see how policy affects your household, then upgrade to PRIA Full Coverage for year-round monitoring.
Already have an account? Sign in