House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Veterans Readiness and Employment Improvement and Accountability Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to rehabilitation programs for veterans with service-connected disabilities, to establish a new bar to certain benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 18, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2026 — Committee Hearings Held
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6904.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VAN ORDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 214, December 18, 2025, Page H6118):The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6904, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6904
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Derrick Van Orden.
- H.R. 1815 (119th) VA Home Loan Program Reform Act
- H.R. 983 (119th) Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025
- H.R. 980 (119th) Veterans Readiness and Employment Improvement Act of 2025
- H.R. 981 (119th) VETT Act
- H.R. 1845 (119th) TAP Promotion Act
- H.R. 648 (119th) Strengthening our Servicemembers with Milk Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.