All Roll Calls
Yes: 402 • No: 2
119-hr-980119th CongressWALLET
Veterans Readiness and Employment Improvement Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]
Passed House
Summary
Expands vocational rehabilitation to allow non-degree flight training for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities. It also changes who must provide on-campus counseling, requires new VA outreach contacts, speeds extension decisions, and moves a pension-related payment deadline to July 31, 2033.
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- Would let the Secretary approve non-degree flight training as part of vocational rehabilitation for eligible veterans. This applies to rehabilitation programs approved on or after August 1, 2026.
- Removes the statutory requirement that certain VA employees must provide on-campus educational and vocational counseling, which could change who delivers those services.
- Requires a dedicated Education Call Center telephone line and that each VA regional office post a contact name, phone number, and email. It also requires the Secretary to approve or deny extension requests within 30 days and to report annually for 5 years on extension request totals and outcomes.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Pension limit date moved to July 2033
If enacted, this bill would move the date that triggers certain VA pension payment limits from January 31, 2033 to July 31, 2033. If your VA pension is subject to that rule, the limit would be delayed by six months.
Faster VA rehab decisions and contacts
If enacted, this bill would require the VA to approve or deny your vocational rehab extension request within 30 days of when you apply. The VA would set up a dedicated phone number in the Education Call Center for these services. Each VA regional office would post a contact name, phone, and email on its website. The VA would no longer be required to use a specific staff title to provide on‑campus counseling. The VA would also send yearly reports to Congress on extension requests and outcomes for five years, starting within one year of enactment.
Flight training in VA rehab plans
If enacted, this bill would let the VA approve non‑degree flight training as part of a veteran’s vocational rehabilitation plan. This would apply only to rehab programs approved on or after August 1, 2026. The training could be included even if the course does not provide college credit toward a standard degree. This targets veterans with service‑connected disabilities who want flight careers within VA vocational rehabilitation.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]
WI • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 2/2/2026
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Yes: 402 • No: 2