The record

LegislationLegislation· Jul 2025
HR 2625 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Donald G. Davis (D)

VERY Act of 2025

Replaces 'employment handicap' with 'employment barrier' in veteran job-readiness programs.

Tradeoff

Changes terminology in the Veteran Readiness and Employment program (Veteran Readiness and Employment program). No fiscal impact.

What's in it

See official bill text

Costs less than $500,000 over 2025-2035 to update VA materials.

The $500,000 is just the federal cost for the VA to update its printed and digital materials to replace 'employment handicap' with 'employment barrier'—the policy itself is a terminology change with no new benefits or program expansion.

H.R. 2625, Veterans Employment Readiness Yield Act of 2025 · May 2025

Passed the House by on July 21, 2025 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Apr 3, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Veterans' Affairs(Apr 3, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Veterans' Affairs voted to send it to the floor

    Reported by (May 6, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-171.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Jul 21, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Veterans' Affairs(Jul 22, 2025)