S. 1992 119th Congress Senate

Veterans Appeals Efficiency Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the efficiency of adjudications and appeals of claims for benefits under laws administered by Secretar… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the efficiency of adjudications and appeals of claims for benefits under laws administered by Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 9, 2025 Introduced by: Jim Banks Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov

Armed Forces and National Security Administrative remediesComputers and information technologyCongressional oversightGovernment studies and investigations

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Jurisdiction and venueVeterans' pensions and compensation

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Dec 10, 2025

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-247.

Dec 10, 2025

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

Jun 9, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Jun 9, 2025

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

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What's happening now December 10, 2025

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-247.

Hearings & markups 1

Hearings to examine S.342, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize an individual who is awarded the Purple …
Meeting Dec 10, 2025 · 4:00 PM EST · Veterans' Affairs Committee

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 1

Veterans' Affairs Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 14

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

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF VETERANS' ADVOCATES, INC.
for NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF VETERANS' ADVOCATES, INC. · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
for BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
for PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF VETERANS' ADVOCATES, INC.
for NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF VETERANS' ADVOCATES, INC. · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
for PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
for BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
14 filings
SENATE
14 filings
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
8 filings
Administration on Aging
4 filings
AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation
4 filings
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
4 filings
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
4 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
4 filings

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Cosponsors 3

Sheehy, Tim

Montana · Oct 7, 2025

Cassidy, Bill

Louisiana · Jul 9, 2025

Blumenthal, Richard

Connecticut · Jun 9, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1992: Veterans Appeals Efficiency Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1992/

MLA

"S. 1992: Veterans Appeals Efficiency Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1992/.

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S. 1992, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1992/.

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