HR 3481
Passed a chamber
Allows veterans and eligible family members using education benefits to opt into receiving Department of Veterans Affairs correspondence by text, virtual chat, and other electronic messages instead of mail.
Official title: Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
19-MAY-2025
Referred
19-MAY-2025
Approved by committee
23-JUL-2025
Reported
09-SEP-2025
On the calendar
09-SEP-2025
Passed
17-SEP-2025
Senate
Received
18-SEP-2025
- Lets eligible veterans and eligible persons opt into sending and receiving education benefit correspondence by text, virtual chat, or other electronic messaging instead of mail.
- Requires the VA to notify veterans and eligible persons enrolled in education or training programs of this opt-in option.
- Expands Solid Start outreach to veterans so it can use text, virtual chat, and other electronic messaging, not only phone calls and mailings.
- Extends the date in 38 U.S.C. 5503(d)(7) on limits for pension payments from November 30, 2031 to January 31, 2033.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (19-MAY-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 17-SEP-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Veterans' Affairs Committee (House)
- Economic Opportunity Subcommittee
- Veterans' Affairs Committee (Senate)
Armed Forces and National Security
■ 3 D■ 1 R
3 Democrats
1 Republican