Simplifying Veterans Assistance Act of 2025
Latest action · Apr 9, 2025 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
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.
- IntroducedMar 6, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Simplifying Veterans Assistance Act of 2025
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide specified guidance to entities seeking grants for the provision of comprehensive service programs to homeless veterans (e.g., rehabilitative services). Specifically, the VA must provide guidance and best practices on a publicly available VA website. Additionally, after the announcement of a funding notice and before the application deadline, the VA must offer at least two online information sessions for entities seeking grants.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2025 to Apr 6, 2026; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| R-PA | Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. | Original | Mar 6, 2025 |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | May 7, 2025 | |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Jun 4, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Aug 1, 2025 | |
| D-CA | George Whitesides | Nov 25, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Dave Min | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Dec 18, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Apr 6, 2026 |
Committees 1
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 Mar 6, 2025 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Mar 10, 2025Hearings Mar 10, 2025Markup Apr 9, 2025Reported Apr 9, 2025 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 9, 2025Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Apr 9, 2025Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- Mar 10, 2025Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1045)
- Mar 10, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Mar 10, 2025Subcommittee Hearings Held
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 H1045 | Glenn Thompson R-PA | Mar 10, 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. 43, March 6, 2025, page H1040.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-9 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON . H.R. 913; H.R. 980; H.R. 1364; H.R. 1458; H.R. 1960; H.R. 1527; H.R. 1793; H.R. 1872; H.R. 1815; H.R. 1814; H.R. 1957; H.R. 1423; AND H.R. 1803126 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Mar 11, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide guidance to applicants for grants for comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Simplifying Veterans Assistance Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 6, 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.
