# 119-hr-2625: VERY Act of 2025

119-hr-2625, VERY Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC); status passed_house (as of 2026-07-19).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2625
- As of: 2026-07-19
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2625
- Congress: 119
- Title: VERY Act of 2025
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-04-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-19

## Summary

**Updates veteran-employment wording in Title 38 by replacing ‘employment handicap’ with ‘employment barrier’.** This change swaps those phrases wherever they appear in Title 38 to modernize statutory language while keeping existing programs, authorities, funding, eligibility rules, and enforcement unchanged.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6] (R-AZ), 2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2025-05-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9211: Jewish American Security Act
- 119-hr-6766: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-2625 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2625)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-9211: Jewish American Security Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9211)
- [119-hr-6766: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6766)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2625 (as of 2026-07-19).