Veterans Claims Education Act of 2025
The summary
What this bill does
Veterans Claims Education Act of 2025
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to, upon receipt of an initial claim for benefits from a claimant that is not represented by an accredited person (i.e., a veterans service organization, attorney, or agent recognized by the VA), provide (1) notice that an accredited person may assist the claimant, (2) notice that a veterans service organization may represent the claimant for free, (3) information regarding a search tool to find an accredited person to assist in the filing of claims, and (4) information on how and where to report a person who is not accredited and charged a fee to assist with a claim.
In its web portal, the VA must provide a warning regarding fees an agent or attorney may charge for assistance in filing benefits claims. (Under current law, fees are generally prohibited for filing an initial claim.)
Legislative timeline
From introduction
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced & referred to committee
Congressional support
Sponsors & Cosponsors
U.S. Representative - CA District 50 · D-CA
9 cosponsors
U.S. Representative - GA District 2 · D-GA
U.S. Representative - CA District 23 · R-CA
U.S. Representative - PA District 17 · D-PA
U.S. Representative - AS · R-AS
U.S. Representative - IA District 3 · R-IA
U.S. Representative - PA District 1 · R-PA
U.S. Representative - CA District 9 · D-CA
U.S. Representative - NY District 3 · D-NY
U.S. Representative - CA District 47 · D-CA
Roll-call vote
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The vote, by member
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Bill Metadata
| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | HR |
| Bill Number | 1578 |
| Origin Chamber | House |
| Current Status | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
| Policy Area | Armed Forces and National Security |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | February 25, 2025 |
| Latest Action | May 20, 2025 |
| Cosponsors | 9 · House vote — · 1 views |