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HR2642Referred to Committee

Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-04-03
Introduced
10
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Brian J. Mast
Brian J. Mast
Republican · FL · Representative
Votes with party: 97.6% (536 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/M001199

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (10)

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

  • Brad Finstad (R-MN-1)Original· 2025-04-03
  • James R. Baird (R-IN-4)Original· 2025-04-03
  • Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19)Original· 2025-04-03
  • Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27)Original· 2025-04-03
  • Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1)Original· 2025-04-03
  • Mike Flood (R-NE-1)Original· 2025-04-03
  • Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20)Original· 2025-04-03
  • Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ-8)· 2025-04-21
  • Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7)· 2025-09-15
  • David P. Joyce (R-OH-14)· 2026-04-13

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

2025-05-09

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-04-03

Previously

  • Veterans' Affairs CommitteeReferred To · 2025-04-03

Plain-English Summary

Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2025 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to permit a Member of Congress (upon request) to use a VA facility to meet with constituents. The VA and the General Services Administration must jointly identify available spaces in VA facilities for such purposes. The VA must prescribe regulations regarding such use of a VA facility by a Member of Congress.

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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