119-hr1793

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1793 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1793

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for outreach 
 requirements for Department of Veterans Affairs training and 
 rehabilitation programs for veterans with service-connected 
 disabilities, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 3, 2025

 Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Jackson of 
 Illinois, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Graves, Mr. 
Wittman, and Mr. Haridopolos) introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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 A BILL

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for outreach 
 requirements for Department of Veterans Affairs training and 
 rehabilitation programs for veterans with service-connected 
 disabilities, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Readiness and Employment 
Transparency Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. OUTREACH REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
 TRAINING AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS WITH 
 SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES.

    (a) VRE Contact Information.--

Section 3104 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
 ``

    (f) The Secretary shall establish a dedicated telephone number 
within the Education Call Center of the Department for calls about 
services provided under this chapter. Each regional office of the 
Department shall include, on the website of the regional office, a 
name, telephone number, and email address, through which veterans may 
receive information about services provided under this chapter.''.

    (b) Outreach Requirement.--

    (1) In general.--Chapter 31 of title 38, United States 
 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
 section:
``

Sec. 3123. Outreach requirements
 ``

    (a) Question and Answer Sessions.--The Secretary shall require 
each employee of the Department whose responsibilities include 
providing counseling and services under this chapter to attend a 
monthly question and answer session with appropriate school certifying 
officials.
 ``

    (b) Informational Briefings.--

    (1) The Secretary shall require 
each veteran readiness and employment counselor to provide for veterans 
at each educational institution located in the geographic area served 
by the Regional Office where the counselor is employed an in-person 
briefing about services provided under this chapter.
 ``

    (2) The Secretary may provide a briefing required under paragraph

    (1) virtually in the case of an educational institution located more 
than 150 miles away from the headquarters of the Regional Office.
 ``
            (c) Annual Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House 
of Representatives a report on the extension of periods of vocational 
rehabilitation programs under 

section 3105
            (c) of this title. Such 
report shall include, for the year covered by the report--
 ``

    (1) the number of veterans who requested such an 
 extension;
 ``

    (2) the number of such requests that were approved; and
 ``

    (3) the number of such requests that were rejected.''.

    (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
 beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the 
 following new item:

``3123. Outreach requirements.''.
            (c) Extension of Entitlements.--

Section 3105
            (c) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended--

    (1) by redesignating paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) as 
 subparagraphs
        (A) and
        (B) , respectively;

    (2) by inserting ``

    (1) '' before ``The Secretary''; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
 ``

    (2) If a veteran applies for an extension under paragraph

    (1) , the Secretary shall approve or reject the extension by not 
 later than 30 days after the date on which the veteran submits 
 a request for the extension.''.
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