VET Act of 2025
Latest action · Jan 21, 2026 Subcommittee Hearings Held
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.
- IntroducedJun 24, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 24, 2025 to Sep 10, 2026; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Original | Jun 24, 2025 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | Jun 24, 2025 |
| D-CA | Derek Tran | Jun 26, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Jun 26, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Jun 26, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Jul 2, 2025 | |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Jul 16, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Gabe Vasquez | Jul 17, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Sep 15, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Laurel M. Lee | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Cory Mills | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| R-MI | Tom Barrett | Nov 20, 2025 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Dec 5, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Dave Min | Dec 17, 2025 | |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Jan 30, 2026 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Feb 20, 2026 | |
| R-WI | Derrick Van Orden | Feb 24, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Apr 27, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | May 19, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | May 20, 2026 | |
| R-AZ | Juan Ciscomani | Jul 13, 2026 | |
| D-CA | George Whitesides | Aug 3, 2026 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Aug 20, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Sep 10, 2026 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jun 24, 2025 |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 24, 2025 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Dec 19, 2025Hearings Jan 21, 2026 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 21, 2026Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Dec 19, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Jun 24, 2025Introduced in House
- Jun 24, 2025Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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. 108, June 24, 2025, page H2923.
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. 119-44 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING110 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jan 21, 2026 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48933 | Electricity Distribution Transformers: Supply, Tariffs, and Policy Options | Report | Apr 23, 2026 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Labor to carry out a grant program to help certain members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their spouses, obtain employment in the energy industry.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- VET Act of 2025
- Veterans Energy Transition Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Accounting and auditing
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Congressional oversight
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Employment and training programs
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Government information and archives
- Manufacturing
- Military personnel and dependents
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 24, 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.
