HR 659referred119th Congress

Veterans Law Judge Experience Act of 2025

Introduced Jan 23, 2025House billPolicy area: Armed Forces and National SecurityLast action Jan 26, 2026Sponsor: Julia Brownley(D-CA)

defenseArmed Forces and National Security

Veterans' Affairs CommitteeDisability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee

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Official summaryUpdated Jan 26, 2026

What the bill does

Veterans Law Judge Experience Act of 2025 This bill requires the Chairman of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals to prioritize individuals with three or more years of legal professional experience in relevant legal areas when recommending individuals to the Department of Veterans Affairs to serve as members of the Board.

Latest official action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Lobbying Filings Citing It

$1.0M

Reported on Those Filings, All Issues

Lobbying Clients

Recorded Votes

Timeline

Jan 23, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Apr 15, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS

Jul 14, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS

Jul 18, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA

Jul 18, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF VETERANS' ADVOCATES, INC.

Jul 30, 2025lobbying

Official Congressional Actions

Jan 26, 2026IntroReferral

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Veterans' Affairs Committee

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Jan 20, 2026Floor

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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Jan 20, 2026Floor

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H936)

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Jan 20, 2026Floor

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H936)

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Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO	AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO	$590.0K	Jul 30, 2025	2025Q2	CIVDEFDOC
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS	DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS	$141.4K	Jul 14, 2025	2025Q2	VET
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS	DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS

About this page

The lobbying table lists Senate LDA quarterly reports (LD-2) that cite this bill by number and cover a quarter of the 119th Congress. An LD-2 names a bill as “H.R. 1234” with no Congress, so a report on another Congress, which can only concern a different bill with the same number, is left out, even when it was filed after this Congress began. The amount is what the registrant reported for the whole filing, across every issue on it, not spending on this bill. Official actions and the bill summary come from Congress.gov, and votes from the roll-call record. This page no longer pairs the bill with members' stock trades: matching lobbying clients to traded companies by name, and trades to a bill by date, is not something the records establish.