Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025
Latest action · May 20, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2025
- Passed HouseMay 19, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access to address the accessibility of the VA for individuals with disabilities. Prior to establishing the advisory committee, the VA must take action to abolish or consolidate advisory committees that are currently inactive.
The bill also extends certain loan fee rates through June 23, 2034, under the VA's home loan program.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 7, 2025 to Feb 21, 2025; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Original | Feb 7, 2025 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Feb 21, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 7, 2025 |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred May 20, 2025 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 20, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- May 19, 2025Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- May 19, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2123-2124)
- May 19, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1147.
- May 19, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2123-2124)
- May 19, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Feb 7, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 7, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2123, H2124Text printed H2123 | David G. Valadao R-CA, Mark Takano D-CA, Mike Bost R-IL | May 19, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 26, February 7, 2025, page H586.
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Advisory bodies
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Disability assistance
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 20, 2025Referred in Senate
- May 19, 2025Engrossed in House
- Feb 7, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
