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HR981Passed House

VETT Act

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-02-05
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Derrick Van Orden
Derrick Van Orden
Republican · WI · Representative
Votes with party: 96.0% (551 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/V000135

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (0)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

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

2025-04-10

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-04-10
  • House Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-02-05

Plain-English Summary

Veterans Education Transparency and Training Act or the VETT Act This bill modifies the approval process for certain courses of education for purposes of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) educational assistance benefits. Under current law, educational institutions must provide a personalized form to an individual with certain information (e.g., cost, financial aid, and graduation and job placement rates) prior to enrollment in a course, otherwise such institutions may be subject to certain disciplinary action from the VA or state approving agency. The bill provides that if an educational institution cannot provide the required personalized form to an individual prior to enrollment, the institution must provide notice that specifies which information in the form may be inaccurate or incomplete and the best estimate available for such information. The bill requires the VA to establish and regularly update a website to serve as a central location for information about training for school certifying officials regarding VA educational benefits.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Armed Forces and National Security
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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