HR 1578
Passed a chamber
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to tell veterans who file claims without a representative about free help from accredited organizations, to publish a searchable list of accredited representatives, and to move a pension payment limit deadline from November 30, 2031 to March 31, 2032.
Official title: Veterans Claims Education Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
25-FEB-2025
Referred
25-FEB-2025
Reported
19-MAY-2025
On the calendar
19-MAY-2025
Passed
19-MAY-2025
Senate
Received
20-MAY-2025
- Requires VA to notify claimants who file without an accredited representative that free help from a recognized veterans service organization may be available.
- Requires VA to maintain an online search tool listing accredited representatives, updated at least once each calendar quarter, and to link to it from its claim portals along with a warning about representative fees.
- Requires VA to review its rules for recognizing representatives and report findings and recommendations to the Veterans' Affairs committees within 180 days of enactment.
- Changes the date in 38 U.S.C. 5503(d)(7) on pension payment limits from November 30, 2031 to March 31, 2032.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (25-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Reported in House, 19-MAY-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Veterans' Affairs Committee (House)
- Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee
- Veterans' Affairs Committee (Senate)
Armed Forces and National Security
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