Veterans Readiness and Employment Transparency Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Veterans Readiness and Employment Transparency Act makes VA's chapter 31 VR&E program easier to find and scrutinize. It requires a dedicated phone number in the VA Education Call Center, regional office websites to list staff names, phone numbers, and emails for VR&E information, and monthly question-and-answer sessions between counseling staff and school certifying officials. VR&E counselors must provide in-person briefings at educational institutions in their region, with virtual briefings allowed when a school is more than 150 miles away. VA must also report annually to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees on requests, approvals, denials, and response time for program extensions under section 3105(c).
Who Benefits and How
Veterans using VR&E benefit from easier access to phone, website, and campus information about benefits and counseling. School certifying officials benefit from monthly VA question-and-answer sessions on VR&E administration. Educational institutions benefit from required counselor briefings for students using chapter 31 benefits. Veterans affairs oversight committees benefit from annual data on VR&E extension decisions and response times.
Who Bears the Burden and How
VA regional offices must publish and maintain staff contact information for VR&E inquiries. VR&E counselors must hold school briefings and monthly sessions with certifying officials. VA Education Call Center staff must operate a dedicated VR&E phone channel. The Department of Veterans Affairs must compile annual extension reports for Congress.
Key Provisions
- Requires a dedicated VR&E phone number in the VA Education Call Center.
- Requires regional office websites to list VR&E contact names, phone numbers, and emails.
- Requires monthly Q&A sessions with school certifying officials and campus briefings by VR&E counselors.
- Requires annual congressional reports on VR&E extension requests, approvals, denials, and response times.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires VA to improve Veterans Readiness and Employment outreach through a dedicated call-center phone number, regional office contact listings, school-certifying-official Q&A sessions, in-person or virtual campus briefings, and annual extension-decision reports.
Key Policy Areas
Veterans, Education, Workforce
Primary Purpose
Requires VA to improve Veterans Readiness and Employment outreach through a dedicated call-center phone number, regional office contact listings, school-certifying-official Q&A sessions, in-person or virtual campus briefings, and annual extension-decision reports.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Veterans using VR&E
- School certifying officials
- Educational institutions
- Veterans affairs oversight committees
Identified Costs
- VA regional offices
- VR&E counselors
- VA Education Call Center staff
- Department of Veterans Affairs
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeForwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Jackson …
Stakeholder Effects
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Educational institutions, School certifying officials
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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