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H.R. 1578119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security
Veterans Claims Education Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Scott H. Peters (D-CA) · 9 active : 4 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 Senate7 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedMay 19, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govVeterans Claims Education Act of 2025
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This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to, upon receipt of an initial claim for benefits from a claimant that is not represented by an accredited person (i.e., a veterans service organization, attorney, or agent recognized by the VA), provide (1) notice that an accredited person may assist the claimant, (2) notice that a veterans service organization may represent the claimant for free, (3) information regarding a search tool to find an accredited person to assist in the filing of claims, and (4) information on how and where to report a person who is not accredited and charged a fee to assist with a claim.
In its web portal, the VA must provide a warning regarding fees an agent or attorney may charge for assistance in filing benefits claims. (Under current law, fees are generally prohibited for filing an initial claim.)
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Digital media
- Licensing and registrations
- User charges and fees
- Veterans' medical care
- Veterans' organizations and recognition
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
How the Senate breaks down
- 7Swing 70–100
- 65Middle 30–70
- 28Entrenched 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-v2Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . 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
9 activeShow all 9 cosponsors
- Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17)
- Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23)
- Sanford D. Bishop (D-GA-2)
- Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS-AL)
- Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)
- Josh Harder (D-CA-9)
- Dave Min (D-CA-47)
- Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3)
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.
