House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
VETT Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the processes to approve programs of education for purposes of the educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Derrick Van Orden R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2025
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseApr 9, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 10, 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. 981.
- 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. 24, February 5, 2025, Page H505):Art. I, Sec 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 24 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 981, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/981
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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. 1845 (119th) TAP Promotion Act
- H.R. 648 (119th) Strengthening our Servicemembers with Milk Act
- H.R. 5789 (119th) Donald J. Trump Congressional Gold Medal 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.