PRO Veterans Act of 2025
Latest action · Aug 14, 2025 Became Public Law No: 119-33.
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 5, 2025
- Passed SenateApr 8, 2025
- Passed HouseJul 21, 2025
- To the PresidentAug 12, 2025
- Became lawAug 14, 2025Public Law 119-33
Summary
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide quarterly budget briefings to Congress, prohibits the VA from providing specified pay incentives to senior-level employees, and establishes an office to carry out customer service initiatives of the VA.
Protecting Regular Order for Veterans Act of 2025 or the PRO Veterans Act of 2025
(Sec. 1) This section requires the VA to provide quarterly budget briefings to Congress, which must include information on any budget shortfalls the VA may be experiencing. The VA must present its plans to address or mitigate shortfalls during such briefings.
Next, the section prohibits the VA from providing certain senior-level employees with a critical skill incentive, which is generally a payment bonus for employees possessing a high-demand skill or skill that is at a shortage. Specifically, the VA may not provide such an incentive to an employee in a Senior Executive Service position or other comparable position in the VA Central Office, regardless of the actual location where the employee performs the functions of the position. Senior-level employees whose positions are primarily in the VA Central Office but perform some portion of their job function based out of non-Central Office VA facilities are eligible for an incentive for their non-Central Office work.
The section also provides that an incentive may only be provided to senior-level employees on an individual basis and upon approval by specified officers (e.g., the Under Secretary for Health).
The VA must report to Congress annually regarding senior-level employees who were provided a critical skill incentive.
Improving Veterans’ Experience Act of 2025
(Sec. 2) This section establishes the Veterans Experience Office through FY2028 to carry out the key customer experience initiatives of the VA relating to veteran and beneficiary satisfaction with and usage of VA benefits and services.
The Government Accountability Office must complete an analysis of and report on the methodology, effectiveness, and implementation of findings and feedback of veterans and beneficiaries used by the VA, including the Veterans Experience Office, to improve customer experience and satisfaction.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 5, 2025 to Apr 2, 2025; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| R-NE | Pete Ricketts | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| R-AL | Tommy Tuberville | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Apr 2, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 5, 2025Discharged Apr 8, 2025 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 14, 2025Signed by President.
- Aug 14, 2025Became Public Law No: 119-33.
- Aug 12, 2025Presented to President.
- Jul 21, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3484-3487)
- Jul 21, 2025Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jul 21, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 423.
- Jul 21, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3484-3485)
- Jul 21, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 9, 2025Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Apr 9, 2025Received in the House.
- Apr 9, 2025Held at the desk.
- Apr 8, 2025Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2480)
- Apr 8, 2025Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Apr 8, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2478-2479)
- Feb 5, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Feb 5, 2025Read twice and referred to the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3484–H3487Text printed H3484 | Mark Takano D-CA, Mike Bost R-IL | Jul 21, 2025 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2480Amendments S2478 | Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY, Jerry Moran R-KS (amendment) | Apr 8, 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.
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. 119-32 | COUNTING THE MONEY: PREVENTING FRAUD AND ABUSE IN VA'S BONUS PAYMENT PRACTICES FOR VA EMPLOYEES42 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jul 22, 2025 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 2222 | In the nature of a substitute. | Jerry Moran R-KSfor Cynthia M. Lummis | Amendment SA 2222 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 264 | Improving Veterans’ Experience Act of 2025 | Related bill | Jan 28, 2025 |
| S 396 | Stop GREED Act of 2025 | Related bill | Feb 4, 2025 |
| HR 3578 | Improving Veterans’ Experience Act of 2025 | Related bill | Dec 19, 2025 |
Titles 9
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to protect regular order for budgeting for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- PRO Veterans Act of 2025
- Protecting Regular Order for Veterans Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate for portions of this bill
- Improving Veterans’ Experience Act of 2025
- Protecting Regular Order for Veterans Act of 2025
- PRO Veterans Act of 2025
- Short Titles for portions of this bill from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
- Improving Veterans’ Experience Act of 2025
- PRO Veterans Act of 2025
- Protecting Regular Order for Veterans Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Appropriations
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Congressional oversight
- Data collection, sharing, protection
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government studies and investigations
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Apr 8, 2025Engrossed in Senate
- Feb 5, 2025Introduced in Senate
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.
