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

Rural Veterans’ Improved Access to Benefits Act of 2025

H.R. 3951Introduced Jun 12, 2025Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Official title: To amend the Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 and the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 to improve the temporary licensure requirements for contract health care professionals who perform medical disability examinations for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Juan Ciscomani R-AZ

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Where it went

IntroducedJun 12, 2025
Committee actionJul 3, 2025
Passed HouseSep 15, 2025 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 16, 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. 3951.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3951, Rural Veterans’ Improved Access to Benefits Act of 2025” on August 8, 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 8, 2025 ↗
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 11, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-259 ↗. 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 ↗
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H.R. 3951, 119th Congress
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July 11, 2026
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CISCOMANI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 101, June 12, 2025, Page H2822):
Article 1, Section 8
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H.R. 3951, 119th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 11, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
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