United StatesVeterans Readiness and Employment Program Integrity Act
What it does
This bill modifies the Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VR&E program provides job training and employment-related services to veterans with service-connected disabilities.
More detail
The bill requires veterans to submit an application to the VA in order to receive an initial evaluation to participate in the VR&E program.
Further, a veteran may not receive employment assistance under the VR&E program for more than 365 days.
The bill also requires the VA to report to Congress regarding the employment of veterans who participate in a vocational rehabilitation program under the VR&E program, including the annual wages of veterans before and after completion of a program. Additionally, the VA must annually publish the average time between the date on which a veteran requests a vocational rehabilitation program under the VR&E program and the date on which they first meet with a counselor as part of the program.
Finally, the VA must seek to enter into a contract with a non-VA entity that has expertise in vocational rehabilitation to review, report, and provide recommendations on rehabilitation programs under the VR&E program.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Sep 16Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.Latest
- Sep 15Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 15Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4288)
- Sep 15DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3579.
- Sep 15Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4288: 1)Passed House
- Sep 15On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4288)
- Sep 15Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 9Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-262.
- Sep 9Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 218.
- Jul 23Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 23Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jul 3Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Discharged
- Jun 11Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Jun 6Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- May 23Introduced in House
- May 23Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.Introduced