House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House

Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025

H.R. 3481Introduced May 19, 2025Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for electronic communication relating to educational assistance benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Tom Barrett R-MI

Open in Bill Explorer →

Where it went

IntroducedMay 19, 2025
Committee actionJul 3, 2025
Passed HouseSep 17, 2025 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 18, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3481.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3481, Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025” on August 1, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 23, 2025”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61609
CBO publication date
August 1, 2025
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3481, 119th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3481
Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 18, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a87126db1ab6937cd92045968286cee399cd0900debe0bbeb3d0ce1d1993a2b9
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-257 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 9, 2025.
Source: Congress.gov, reported September 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/257
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3481, 119th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3481
Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 18, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a87126db1ab6937cd92045968286cee399cd0900debe0bbeb3d0ce1d1993a2b9
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARRETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 84, May 19, 2025, Page H2147):
Article 1, Section 8
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2025 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
Statement length
20 characters
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3481, 119th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3481
Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 18, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a87126db1ab6937cd92045968286cee399cd0900debe0bbeb3d0ce1d1993a2b9
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Sent to: Veterans' Affairs Committee, Veterans' Affairs CommitteeBills with a CBO estimate Bills with a committee report See it in the Data Web

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3481, last updated July 18, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.