H.R. 2642 119th Congress House

Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2025

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit Members of Congress to use facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purposes of meeting with constituents, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 3, 2025 Introduced by: Brian J. Mast Republican · Florida See on congress.gov

Armed Forces and National Security

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May 9, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Apr 3, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Apr 3, 2025

Introduced in House

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Veterans' Affairs Committee
Veterans' Affairs Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 10

Joyce, David P.

Ohio · Apr 13, 2026

Vindman, Eugene Simon

Virginia · Sep 15, 2025

Hamadeh, Abraham J.

Arizona · Apr 21, 2025

Baird, James R.

Indiana · Apr 3, 2025

Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila

Florida · Apr 3, 2025

Finstad, Brad

Minnesota · Apr 3, 2025

Flood, Mike

Nebraska · Apr 3, 2025

Miller-Meeks, Mariannette

Iowa · Apr 3, 2025

Panetta, Jimmy

California · Apr 3, 2025

Salazar, Maria Elvira

Florida · Apr 3, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2642: Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2642/

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"H.R. 2642: Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2642/.

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