HR 980referred119th Congress

Veterans Readiness and Employment Improvement Act of 2025

Introduced Feb 5, 2025House billPolicy area: Armed Forces and National SecurityLast action Feb 3, 2026Sponsor: Derrick Van Orden(R-WI)

defenseArmed Forces and National Security

Veterans' Affairs CommitteeEconomic Opportunity Subcommittee

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Official summaryUpdated Feb 3, 2026

What the bill does

Modernizing the Veterans On-Campus Experience Act of 2025 This bill removes the requirement that educational and vocational counseling services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on campus at institutions of higher learning must be provided by VA counselors.

Latest official action

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

Lobbying Filings

$192.9M

Total Lobbying Spend

Suspicious Trades

Members Involved

Timeline

Apr 22, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION

Jul 17, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION

Oct 21, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION

Jan 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION

Feb 5, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Jul 14, 2025lobbying

Official Congressional Actions

Feb 3, 2026IntroReferral

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

Veterans' Affairs Committee

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Feb 2, 2026Floor

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 2 (Roll no. 49). (text: CR H1929)

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Feb 2, 2026Floor

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 2 (Roll no. 49). (text: CR H1929)

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Feb 2, 2026Floor

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1936)

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Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION	NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION	$34.8M	Jan 21, 2025	2024Q4	BUDGOVHCR
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION	NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION	$32.0M	Jul 17, 2024	2024Q2	BUDGOVHCR
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION

Suspicious Trading Activity

Congress members who traded stocks in companies connected to lobbying on this bill, within 90 days of its introduction date.

No suspicious trade-lobbying connections found for this bill.

Votes on This Bill

Member	Party	Position	Date
Eric Burlison	R	not_voting	Feb 2, 2026
Josh Brecheen	R	yea	Feb 2, 2026
Becca Balint	D	yea	Feb 2, 2026
Tom Barrett	R	yea	Feb 2, 2026

Methodology: Bill-Lobbying-Trade Connection

CapitolExposed identifies the "bill-lobbying-trade pipeline" by: (1) finding lobbying filings (LD-2) that specifically mention this bill, (2) matching lobbying clients to publicly traded companies, and (3) finding stock trades by members of Congress in those companies within 90 days of the bill's introduction date. Trades made before the bill was introduced are highlighted in red, as they may indicate advance knowledge. This analysis surfaces correlations worthy of scrutiny; it does not prove wrongdoing.