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Creates a new Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access to advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on making VA programs and facilities more accessible to people with disabilities. The committee will assess barriers, recommend fixes, meet under set rules, report to the Secretary every two years, and have a limited lifespan. The Secretary must act on currently inactive VA advisory committees within 180 days before standing up the new committee.
Also makes a narrow technical change: it extends a statutory date in the veterans pension payment limitation rule by two months, changing the expiration from November 30, 2031 to January 31, 2032.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2123-2124)
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced February 7, 2025 by David G. Valadao · Last progress May 20, 2025