FAST VETS Act
Latest action · Jan 20, 2026 Became Public Law No: 119-72.
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.
- IntroducedJul 16, 2025
- Passed HouseSep 15, 2025
- Passed SenateDec 18, 2025
- To the PresidentJan 12, 2026
- Became lawJan 20, 2026Public Law 119-72
Summary
Focused Assistance and Skills Training for Veterans' Employment and Transition Success Act or the FAST VETS Act
This act establishes conditions under which a veteran's individualized vocational rehabilitation plan (under the Veteran Readiness and Employment program) must be redeveloped. The program provides job training and employment-related services to veterans with service-connected disabilities.
Currently, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) must formulate and annually review an individualized vocational rehabilitation plan for veterans who have a serious employment handicap and have a reasonably feasible vocational goal.
The act provides that such plan must be redeveloped with the veteran if the VA determines the achievement of the long-range rehabilitation goals for the veteran are no longer feasible due to changes in the employment handicap of the veteran and are more likely under a different plan.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 16, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WI | Derrick Van Orden | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| R-IN | Mark B. Messmer | Original | Jul 16, 2025 |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Original | Jul 16, 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 Jul 16, 2025Markup Jul 23, 2025Reported Sep 10, 2025 |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 16, 2025Discharged Dec 19, 2025 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 20, 2026Signed by President.
- Jan 20, 2026Became Public Law No: 119-72.
- Jan 12, 2026Presented to President.
- Dec 19, 2025Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 18, 2025Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 18, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8895)
- Sep 16, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Sep 15, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4298)
- Sep 15, 2025Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Sep 15, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4298)
- Sep 15, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4446.
- Sep 15, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 10, 2025Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-266.
- Sep 10, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 222.
- Jul 23, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 23, 2025Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Jul 16, 2025Introduced in House
- Jul 16, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8895 | John Thune R-SD | Dec 18, 2025 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4298, H4299Text printed H4298 | Mark Takano D-CA, Maxine Dexter D-OR, Mike Bost R-IL | Sep 15, 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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 14, 2025H.R. 4446, Focused Assistance and Skills Training for Veterans’ Employment and Transition Success ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 23, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 122, July 16, 2025, page H3368.
Titles 12
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the conditions under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is required to redevelop the individualized vocational rehabilitation plan for a veteran, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- FAST VETS Act
- Focused Assistance and Skills Training for Veterans’ Employment and Transition Success Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- FAST VETS Act
- Focused Assistance and Skills Training for Veterans’ Employment and Transition Success Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Focused Assistance and Skills Training for Veterans’ Employment and Transition Success Act
- FAST VETS Act
- Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
- FAST VETS Act
- Focused Assistance and Skills Training for Veterans’ Employment and Transition Success Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Focused Assistance and Skills Training for Veterans’ Employment and Transition Success Act
- FAST VETS Act
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the conditions under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is required to redevelop the individualized vocational rehabilitation plan for a veteran, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Sep 16, 2025Referred in Senate
- Sep 15, 2025Engrossed in House
- Sep 10, 2025Reported in House
- Jul 16, 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.
