# 119-hr-6861: Consolidating Veteran Employment Services for Improved Performance Act

119-hr-6861, Consolidating Veteran Employment Services for Improved Performance Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8] (R-AZ); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6861
- Congress: 119
- Title: Consolidating Veteran Employment Services for Improved Performance Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-12-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8] (R-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Consolidates veteran employment services into the Department of Veterans Affairs.** This bill would move specific Department of Labor functions into the VA and create a Deputy Under Secretary for Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition to manage them and related programs. - Veterans and households: Job counseling, training, placement services, homeless veterans reintegration, and the administration of employment and reemployment rights for service members would be transferred to VA so veterans access these services through one department. - States and front-line staff: States would hire full- or part-time veteran employment specialists, with part-time defined as half-time, who must prioritize disabled veterans and report quarterly to state managers and the VA. States must also send annual reports on hiring and pay, and the VA will annually summarize those reports for the Senate and House Committees on Veterans' Affairs. - Federal operations and oversight: The transfer would move personnel, assets, records, liabilities, and unexpended balances to VA effective October 1, 2027. The VA and Labor must sign memoranda of agreement, the President must request funding in the fiscal year 2028 budget, and the Secretaries must submit a joint implementation study and report within one year of enactment.

## Provisions PRIA read

- States hire veteran employment specialists: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would replace DVOP and LVER jobs with a single state-employed "veteran employment specialist" role starting October 1, 2027. States would hire full- or part-time specialists to give job counseling, training, placement, employer outreach, and workshops. Specialists would focus i…
- VA takes over veteran job programs: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Department of Veterans Affairs would take over four veteran job programs from the Department of Labor on October 1, 2027. Staff, records, property, and unspent funds for those programs would move to VA as OMB directs so services keep running. The bill would create a new Deputy Under…
- Joint VA and Labor study and budget: mixed, medium. If enacted, VA and the Department of Labor would do a joint study and send a report to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees within one year of enactment. The report would include costs, staffing and training plans, an implementation timeline, interoperability needs for records and IT,…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2619: No Paydays for Hostage-Takers Act
- 119-hr-624: RIFLE Act of 2025
- 119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6617: Keeping All Students Safe Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-6861 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6861)

## Related
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-2619: No Paydays for Hostage-Takers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2619)
- [119-hr-624: RIFLE Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-624)
- [119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-833)
- [119-hr-6617: Keeping All Students Safe Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6617)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6861 (as of 2026-09-10).