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H.R. 1458119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security
VETS Opportunity Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) · 10 active : 5 Republicans, 5 Democrats
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate8 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedFeb 2, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govVeterans Education and Technical Skills Opportunity Act of 2025 or the VETS Opportunity Act of 2025
This bill addresses the administration of and eligibility for certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) educational assistance benefits and programs.
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The 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 requires that the VA issue a repayment within 60 days of an individual exhausting their eligibility for Post-9/11 benefits, regardless of their housing stipend eligibility.
The bill also modifies which independent study programs are covered under veterans’ educational assistance benefits. The bill requires independent study programs that lead to a certificate that reflects graduation from a course of study to include regular and substantive interaction between students and instructors. Additionally, the bill allows such independent study programs to be offered by any institutions of higher education, including for-profit institutions, that are approved to participate in the Department of Education’s financial assistance programs.
Upon receiving orders for active service, inactive duty training, or state active duty, the bill authorizes a member of the Armed Forces or reserves to enter into an agreement with their educational institution to complete a course of education to the satisfaction of the institution if they have completed at least half of the course.
The bill extends through March 31, 2033, a pension cap for veterans who are being furnished VA domiciliary care.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Economic Opportunity · HouseReported by · Markup by · Hearings by (subcommittee) · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Higher education
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 8Swing 70–100
- 78Middle 30–70
- 14Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
10 activeShow all 10 cosponsors
- Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1)
- Joe Neguse (D-CO-2)
- Richard Hudson (R-NC-9)
- Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3)
- Darren Soto (D-FL-9)
- Addison P. McDowell (R-NC-6)
- Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3)
- Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1)
- Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7)
- Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
