H.R. 980: Veterans Readiness and Employment Improvement Act of 2025
Sponsor
Derrick Van Orden
Republican · WI-3
What H.R. 980 does
H.R. 980, the Modernizing the Veterans On-Campus Experience Act of 2025, would change how the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) offers educational and vocational counseling on college campuses. The VA currently must provide those services with its own counselors, and the bill would remove that requirement.
How the House voted
Passed · February 2, 20261 Democrat broke with their party to vote no
Lizzie Fletcher1 Republican broke with their party to vote no
Keith SelfOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: H R 980 Veterans Readiness and Employment Improvement Act · Roll no. 49 · Official record
HR980 Legislative Journey
Committee Action
Feb 3, 2026
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
House: Vote: 402-2
Feb 2, 2026
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 2 (Roll no. 49). (text: CR H1929)
House: Committee Action
Aug 15, 2025
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-228.
House: Committee Action
May 6, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
House: Vote Held
Apr 9, 2025
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
House: Committee Action
Mar 11, 2025
Subcommittee Hearings Held
House: Committee Action
Mar 7, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
House: Committee Action
Feb 5, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
About the Sponsor
Derrick Van Orden
Republican, Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district · 3 years in Congress
Committees: Veterans' Affairs, Agriculture, Armed Services
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Committee Sponsors
Veterans' Affairs Committee
0 of 19 committee members cosponsored
No committee members have cosponsored this bill
Veterans' Affairs Committee
0 of 25 committee members cosponsored
No committee members have cosponsored this bill
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H.R. 980 Quick Facts
- Committee
- Veterans' Affairs
- Chamber
- House
- Policy
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Introduced
- Feb 5, 2025
Passed the House, received in Senate
Feb 3, 2026
H.R. 980 Bill Text
“To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to the provision of on-campus educational and vocational counseling by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.”
Source: U.S. Government Publishing Office
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