The record

LegislationLegislation· May 2026
HR 2954 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Chris Pappas (D)

Veterans’ Transition to Trucking Act of 2025

Lets the VA approve multi-state truck driving apprenticeships for veterans' educational benefits.

Tradeoff

Expands which apprenticeship programs veterans can use GI Bill benefits for. No fiscal impact identified.

What's in it

See official bill text

Less than $500,000 in federal administrative costs over 2025-2030.

This small federal cost covers VA's administrative staff time to review and approve truck driving apprenticeship programs that veterans can use their education benefits for; the real benefits go to veterans who gain new training pathway options.

H.R. 2954, Veterans Transition to Trucking Act of 2025 · Aug 2025

Passed the House by on May 19, 2026 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Apr 17, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Veterans' Affairs(Apr 17, 2025)

  3. House

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

    Reported by (Jul 23, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-305.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (May 19, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Veterans' Affairs(May 20, 2026)