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HR659Passed House

Veterans Law Judge Experience Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-23
Introduced
4
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Julia Brownley
Julia Brownley
Democrat · CA · Representative
Votes with party: 99.3% (587 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/B001285

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (4)

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

4 cosponsors on record at Congress.gov. The named list is syncing into Govwatch and will appear here shortly — view on Congress.gov in the meantime.

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 →

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

2026-01-26

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2026-01-26
  • House Committee on Veterans' AffairsReported By · 2025-09-26

Previously

  • House Committee on Veterans' AffairsMarkup By · 2025-07-23
  • House Committee on Veterans' AffairsDischarged from · 2025-07-03
  • House Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-01-23

Plain-English Summary

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.

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

Subjects

Armed Forces and National Security
Full bill text is not yet cached locally.
Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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