VA must brief Congress on money problems and hear from vets.
S. 423 — Protecting Regular Order for Veterans Act of 2025 · Filed by Dan Sullivan (R-AK) · 13 cosponsors · Introduced Feb 5, 2025 · Signed
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What it does
The bill makes the VA leader tell Congress every three months about money problems for three years. It also tells how to fix them. It limits pay raises for top VA staff unless many senior people approve each one. The bill sets up a new Vet Experience Office inside the VA. This office asks vets what they think about care. It reports to Congress each year on how happy vets are.
Who it affects
Vets get a formal way to share what they think about VA care. Congress gets updates on VA money problems. Top VA staff face stricter rules on pay raises.
One thing to notice
The Vet Experience Office will stop in 2028 unless Congress votes to keep it.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
13 cosponsors: 13 Republicans.
- Feb 5, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Feb 5, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs”
- Apr 8, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent”
- Apr 8, 2025 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR…”
- Jul 21, 2025 — Passed both chambers · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3484-3485)”
- Jul 21, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
- Aug 12, 2025 — Sent to president · Congress.gov: “Presented to President”
- Aug 14, 2025 — Signed into law · Congress.gov: “Became Public Law No: 119-33”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- VA leader — The person who runs the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Vet Experience Office — A new office inside the VA that asks vets what they think about care.
- stop in 2028 — The office will end on that date unless Congress votes to extend it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (11,414 characters) on Jun 8, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,206 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-17.
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