Signed into law
FAST VETS Act
This act establishes conditions under which a veteran's individualized vocational rehabilitation plan (under the Veteran Readiness and Employment program) must be redeveloped. The program provides job training and employment-related services to veterans with service-connected disabilities.
- Measure
- H.R. 4446 · 119th Congress
- Latest action
- January 20, 2026
- Policy changes
- 2
- Source
- CRS summary (Public Law) · Congress.gov
Became Public Law No: 119-72.
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August 14, 2025 · As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 23, 2025 · Read CBO’s estimate
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Who wrote it
Sponsor
Rep. Maxine Dexter (D-OR-3)Joined by 3 cosponsors, 3 of them from the day it was introduced. Introduced July 16, 2025.
All 3 cosponsors
- Rep. Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3) · original
- Rep. Mark B. Messmer (R-IN-8) · original
- Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3) · original
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Provision 1
Currently, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) must formulate and annually review an individualized vocational rehabilitation plan for veterans who have a serious employment handicap and have a reasonably feasible vocational goal.
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Provision 2
Provides that such plan must be redeveloped with the veteran if the VA determines the achievement of the long-range rehabilitation goals for the veteran are no longer feasible due to changes in the employment handicap of the veteran and are more likely under a different plan.
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