Ensuring VetSuccess On Campus Act of 2025
Latest action · Dec 15, 2025 Held at the desk.
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 18, 2025
- Passed SenateDec 11, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ensuring VetSuccess On Campus Act of 2025
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that the VetSuccess on Campus (VSOC) program is located in every state. The program supports veterans, servicemembers, and qualified dependents who are transitioning from military service to college life.
The VA must ensure that at least one VSOC counselor is located in each state.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 18, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Original | Feb 18, 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 18, 2025Hearings Mar 11, 2025Markup Jul 30, 2025Reported Dec 2, 2025 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 15, 2025Received in the House.
- Dec 15, 2025Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 15, 2025Held at the desk.
- Dec 11, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8696; text: CR S8696)
- Dec 2, 2025Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran without amendment. Without written report.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8696Text printed S8696 | John Thune R-SD | Dec 11, 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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 20, 2025S. 610, Ensuring VetSuccess On Campus Act of 2025As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 30, 2025
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1910 | Ensuring VetSuccess On Campus Act of 2023 | Cross-Congress related bill | Jun 8, 2023 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to expand the VetSuccess on Campus program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Ensuring VetSuccess On Campus Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Ensuring VetSuccess On Campus Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- Ensuring VetSuccess On Campus Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 11, 2025Engrossed in Senate
- Dec 2, 2025Reported to Senate
- Feb 18, 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.
