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PRO Veterans Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-423| Senate 
| Updated: 8/14/2025
Dan Sullivan

Dan Sullivan

Republican Senator

Alaska

Cosponsors (13)
Joni Ernst (Republican)Tommy Tuberville (Republican)Rick Scott (Republican)Bill Cassidy (Republican)Roger Marshall (Republican)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Roger F. Wicker (Republican)Chuck Grassley (Republican)Pete Ricketts (Republican)Steve Daines (Republican)Ted Budd (Republican)Lisa Murkowski (Republican)

Veterans' Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This legislation aims to enhance budgetary oversight and reform incentive practices within the Department of Veterans Affairs. It mandates that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provide quarterly briefings to appropriate congressional committees for three years, detailing the VA's budget and any potential shortfalls, along with plans to address them. The bill also places significant restrictions on critical skill incentives for Senior Executive Service (SES) employees, prohibiting them for those primarily at the VA's Central Office. For other SES employees, incentives must be individual and require approval from multiple high-level officials, with annual reports on these incentives submitted to Congress. Furthermore, the legislation establishes the Veterans Experience Office within the Department of Veterans Affairs, led by a Chief Veterans Experience Officer. This office is tasked with improving veterans' and beneficiaries' satisfaction with VA benefits and services by setting customer experience strategy, collecting veteran-derived data, and providing strategic guidance to VA entities, while also assessing VA information and customer service efforts. The Chief Veterans Experience Officer must submit annual data summaries to the Secretary, who then reports an annual analysis to Congress, including disaggregated data on customer service feedback and reasons for non-usage of benefits. The office is to be adequately staffed and resourced, with privacy safeguards, and its authorities are set to terminate on September 30, 2028. A Comptroller General review of the office's effectiveness and VA's customer service improvement efforts is also mandated within 540 days.

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Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-5074
PRO Veterans Act of 2024
Feb 5, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Feb 5, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 8, 2025
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Apr 8, 2025
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2478-2479: 4)
Apr 8, 2025
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2478-2479)
Apr 8, 2025
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Apr 8, 2025
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2480: 1)
Apr 8, 2025
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2480)
Apr 9, 2025
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Apr 9, 2025
Received in the House.
Apr 9, 2025
Held at the desk.
Jul 21, 2025
Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jul 21, 2025
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3484-3487)
Jul 21, 2025
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3484-3487: 6)
Jul 21, 2025
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 423.
Jul 21, 2025
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3484-3485)
Jul 21, 2025
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
Jul 21, 2025
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3484-3485)
Jul 21, 2025
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Aug 12, 2025
Presented to President.
Aug 14, 2025
Signed by President.
Aug 14, 2025
Became Public Law No: 119-33.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-5074
    PRO Veterans Act of 2024


  • February 5, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 5, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.


  • April 8, 2025
    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.


  • April 8, 2025
    Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2478-2479: 4)


  • April 8, 2025
    Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2478-2479)


  • April 8, 2025
    Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.


  • April 8, 2025
    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2480: 1)


  • April 8, 2025
    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2480)


  • April 9, 2025
    Message on Senate action sent to the House.


  • April 9, 2025
    Received in the House.


  • April 9, 2025
    Held at the desk.


  • July 21, 2025
    Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.


  • July 21, 2025
    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3484-3487)


  • July 21, 2025
    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3484-3487: 6)


  • July 21, 2025
    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 423.


  • July 21, 2025
    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3484-3485)


  • July 21, 2025
    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.


  • July 21, 2025
    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3484-3485)


  • July 21, 2025
    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.


  • August 12, 2025
    Presented to President.


  • August 14, 2025
    Signed by President.


  • August 14, 2025
    Became Public Law No: 119-33.

Armed Forces and National Security

Related Bills

  • HR 119-3578: Improving Veterans’ Experience Act of 2025
  • S 119-396: Stop GREED Act of 2025
  • S 119-264: Improving Veterans’ Experience Act of 2025
AppropriationsCongressional oversightDepartment of Veterans AffairsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment studies and investigationsVeterans' pensions and compensation

PRO Veterans Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-423| Senate 
| Updated: 8/14/2025
This legislation aims to enhance budgetary oversight and reform incentive practices within the Department of Veterans Affairs. It mandates that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provide quarterly briefings to appropriate congressional committees for three years, detailing the VA's budget and any potential shortfalls, along with plans to address them. The bill also places significant restrictions on critical skill incentives for Senior Executive Service (SES) employees, prohibiting them for those primarily at the VA's Central Office. For other SES employees, incentives must be individual and require approval from multiple high-level officials, with annual reports on these incentives submitted to Congress. Furthermore, the legislation establishes the Veterans Experience Office within the Department of Veterans Affairs, led by a Chief Veterans Experience Officer. This office is tasked with improving veterans' and beneficiaries' satisfaction with VA benefits and services by setting customer experience strategy, collecting veteran-derived data, and providing strategic guidance to VA entities, while also assessing VA information and customer service efforts. The Chief Veterans Experience Officer must submit annual data summaries to the Secretary, who then reports an annual analysis to Congress, including disaggregated data on customer service feedback and reasons for non-usage of benefits. The office is to be adequately staffed and resourced, with privacy safeguards, and its authorities are set to terminate on September 30, 2028. A Comptroller General review of the office's effectiveness and VA's customer service improvement efforts is also mandated within 540 days.

Bill Text Versions

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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-5074
PRO Veterans Act of 2024
Feb 5, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Feb 5, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 8, 2025
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Apr 8, 2025
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2478-2479: 4)
Apr 8, 2025
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2478-2479)
Apr 8, 2025
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Apr 8, 2025
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2480: 1)
Apr 8, 2025
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2480)
Apr 9, 2025
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Apr 9, 2025
Received in the House.
Apr 9, 2025
Held at the desk.
Jul 21, 2025
Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jul 21, 2025
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3484-3487)
Jul 21, 2025
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3484-3487: 6)
Jul 21, 2025
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 423.
Jul 21, 2025
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3484-3485)
Jul 21, 2025
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
Jul 21, 2025
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3484-3485)
Jul 21, 2025
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Aug 12, 2025
Presented to President.
Aug 14, 2025
Signed by President.
Aug 14, 2025
Became Public Law No: 119-33.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-5074
    PRO Veterans Act of 2024


  • February 5, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 5, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.


  • April 8, 2025
    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.


  • April 8, 2025
    Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2478-2479: 4)


  • April 8, 2025
    Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2478-2479)


  • April 8, 2025
    Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.


  • April 8, 2025
    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2480: 1)


  • April 8, 2025
    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2480)


  • April 9, 2025
    Message on Senate action sent to the House.


  • April 9, 2025
    Received in the House.


  • April 9, 2025
    Held at the desk.


  • July 21, 2025
    Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.


  • July 21, 2025
    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3484-3487)


  • July 21, 2025
    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3484-3487: 6)


  • July 21, 2025
    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 423.


  • July 21, 2025
    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3484-3485)


  • July 21, 2025
    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.


  • July 21, 2025
    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3484-3485)


  • July 21, 2025
    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.


  • August 12, 2025
    Presented to President.


  • August 14, 2025
    Signed by President.


  • August 14, 2025
    Became Public Law No: 119-33.
Dan Sullivan

Dan Sullivan

Republican Senator

Alaska

Cosponsors (13)
Joni Ernst (Republican)Tommy Tuberville (Republican)Rick Scott (Republican)Bill Cassidy (Republican)Roger Marshall (Republican)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Roger F. Wicker (Republican)Chuck Grassley (Republican)Pete Ricketts (Republican)Steve Daines (Republican)Ted Budd (Republican)Lisa Murkowski (Republican)

Veterans' Affairs Committee

Armed Forces and National Security

Related Bills

  • HR 119-3578: Improving Veterans’ Experience Act of 2025
  • S 119-396: Stop GREED Act of 2025
  • S 119-264: Improving Veterans’ Experience Act of 2025
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
AppropriationsCongressional oversightDepartment of Veterans AffairsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment studies and investigationsVeterans' pensions and compensation