HR 4446
Became law
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to decide whether a veteran's vocational rehabilitation plan should be redeveloped, based on whether the long-range goals are still feasible given changes in the veteran's employment handicap and whether a different plan would be more likely to succeed.
Official title: FAST VETS Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
16-JUL-2025
Referred
16-JUL-2025
Approved by committee
23-JUL-2025
Reported
10-SEP-2025
On the calendar
10-SEP-2025
Passed
15-SEP-2025
Senate
Received
16-SEP-2025
Passed
18-DEC-2025
President
Presented
12-JAN-2026
Signed
20-JAN-2026
Became law
20-JAN-2026
- Amends section 3107 of title 38, United States Code, on the Secretary's review of individualized vocational rehabilitation plans
- Requires the Secretary to redevelop a plan when long-range goals are no longer feasible due to changes in the veteran's employment handicap and a different plan is likelier to achieve them
- Allows the Secretary to disapprove redevelopment when it is determined not appropriate
- Removes the existing second sentence of subsection (b) and renumbers the first sentence as paragraph (1)
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Public Law, 20-JAN-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Veterans' Affairs Committee (House)
- Veterans' Affairs Committee (Senate)
Armed Forces and National Security
■ 2 R■ 1 D
2 Republicans
1 Democrat