S 972introduced119th Congress

Fairness in Veterans' Education Act of 2025

Introduced Mar 11, 2025Senate billPolicy area: Armed Forces and National SecurityLast action Dec 9, 2025Sponsor: Jim Banks(R-IN)

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Veterans' Affairs Committee

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Official summaryUpdated Dec 9, 2025

What the bill does

Fairness in Veterans’ Education Act of 2025 This bill modifies the process for repaying service members and veterans who paid to keep benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill, but later chose to utilize Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits. Specifically, the bill removes the requirement for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to issue the repayments with the last monthly housing stipend under the Post-9/11 GI Bill. This requirement has limited the repayments to individuals who are receiving stipends. Under the bill, the VA must make such a repayment before the exhaustion of the individual's entitlement to education assistance.

Latest official action

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 288.

Lobbying Filings

$76.1M

Total Lobbying Spend

Suspicious Trades

Members Involved

Timeline

Jan 28, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE

Mar 11, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Apr 15, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS

Apr 16, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA

Jul 14, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS

Jul 18, 2025lobbying

Official Congressional Actions

Dec 9, 2025Committee

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

Veterans' Affairs Committee

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Dec 9, 2025Calendars

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 288.

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Dec 9, 2025Committee

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

Veterans' Affairs Committee

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Jul 30, 2025Committee

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS	DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS	$14.1M	Jul 14, 2025	2025Q2	VET
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS	DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS	$14.1M	Apr 15, 2025	2025Q1	VET
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA	PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA	$8.9M	Jul 18, 2025

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.

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.