# 119-s-3205: Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2025

119-s-3205, Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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- As of: 2026-04-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3205
- Congress: 119
- Title: Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-19
- Sponsor: Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Authorize Members of Congress to meet constituents inside Department of Veterans Affairs facilities** and set rules to protect veterans, keep meetings nonpartisan, and tie space costs to existing congressional office allowances. - Members of Congress would be allowed to use VA facilities for constituent meetings upon request and subject to regulations. Rent would be paid from a Member’s Representational Allowance or a Senator’s Official Personnel and Office Expense Account at rates similar to local GSA office space. - Veterans, patients, visitors, and staff would get privacy and safety protections. Regulations would bar photographing patients or others without consent and prohibit activities that interfere with operations. - Political activity would be restricted. Regulations must enforce the Hatch Act, ban campaigning and political recordings, and block use during the 60-day period before a federal election in the facility’s jurisdiction. - VA and GSA roles and timing are specified. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Administrator of General Services would jointly identify available spaces, and the Secretary would be required to issue regulations within 90 days.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Members can meet constituents at VA: benefit, medium. If enacted, Members of Congress could ask the VA to let them use space in VA facilities to meet constituents. The VA Secretary and the GSA Administrator would jointly identify available spaces. The Secretary would have to issue rules within 90 days after enactment. Rules would require space be open…

## Related bills

- 119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-1462: Fix Our Forests Act
- 119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-2142: GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025
- 119-s-306: Fire Ready Nation Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-3205 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3205)

## Related
- [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744)
- [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923)
- [119-s-1462: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1462)
- [119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3597)
- [119-s-2142: GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2142)
- [119-s-306: Fire Ready Nation Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-306)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3205 (as of 2026-04-21).