Skip to main content
H.R. 657 119th Congress House

VA CPE Modernization Act

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the reimbursement of continuing professional education expenses for health care professionals of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Introduced: January 23, 2025 Introduced by: Julia Brownley Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Adult education and literacyDepartment of Veterans AffairsHealth personnelMedical education
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 4, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 23, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jan 23, 2025
Introduced in House
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

What's happening now March 4, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Department of Veterans Affairs Continuing Professional Education Modernization Act or the VA CPE Modernization Act

This bill modifies the program under which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reimburses certain full-time health care professionals for continuing professional education expenses.

Under current law, only board-certified physicians and dentists are eligible for such reimbursement. The bill expands the program to require reimbursement for various specified full-time health care professionals (e.g., registered nurses) and increases the amount available for a physician or dentist. Additionally, the bill removes the requirement that an individual be board-certified to receive reimbursement.

The VA may adjust the amount of the reimbursement, so long as the adjustment does not result in a reimbursement of less than $2,000 per year for each specified position.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Lobbying activity 21

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

Bodies those filers lobbied

A filing lists the bills it worked on and the parts of government it contacted in separate sections, so these are the bodies those filers named anywhere in the filing, not a per-bill breakdown.

See all 21 filings →
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 9
D
Craig, Angie
Minnesota · Nov 12, 2025
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 17, 2025
 D
Whitesides, George
California · Apr 1, 2025
 D
Amo, Gabe
Rhode Island · Mar 18, 2025
 D
Salinas, Andrea
Oregon · Feb 13, 2025
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jan 28, 2025
 D
Hoyle, Val T.
Oregon · Jan 23, 2025
 D
Jackson, Jonathan L.
Illinois · Jan 23, 2025
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Jan 23, 2025
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 657: VA CPE Modernization Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-657/
MLA
"H.R. 657: VA CPE Modernization Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-657/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 657, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-657/.
Markdown link
[H.R. 657: VA CPE Modernization Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-657/)
Report a problem