# 119-s-1543: Veterans Opportunity Act of 2025

119-s-1543, Veterans Opportunity Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1543
- As of: 2026-04-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1543
- Congress: 119
- Title: Veterans Opportunity Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-04-30
- Sponsor: Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Moody, Ashley [R-FL] (R-FL), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New VA office for veterans' opportunity: benefit, medium. 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 ye…
- Protections for veterans and VA workers: benefit, medium. 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 mi…

## Related bills

- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-4429: Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026
- 119-s-1816: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
- 119-s-558: Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025
- 119-s-1032: Major Richard Star Act
- 119-s-315: AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-1543 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1543)

## Related
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-4429: Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4429)
- [119-s-1816: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1816)
- [119-s-558: Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-558)
- [119-s-1032: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1032)
- [119-s-315: AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-315)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1543 (as of 2026-04-21).