Veterans Employment Readiness Yield Act of 2025 or the VERY Act of 2025 This bill revises terminology used under the Veteran Readiness and Employment program, specifically by replacing the use of employment handicap with employment barrier .
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1Short title
This section would give the Act the short title "Veterans Employment Readiness Yield Act of 2025," also called the "VERY Act of 2025."
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1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Veterans Employment Readiness Yield Act of 2025 or the VERY Act of 2025 .
2Update of certain terminology regarding veteran employment
This section would replace the term "employment handicap" with "employment barrier" everywhere that phrase appears in title 38 of the United States Code, and would replace the term "employment handicaps" with "employment barriers" everywhere that phrase appears in title 38. Title 38 is the body of federal law covering veterans' benefits, so this change would apply wherever those terms are used in veterans' benefits law, without changing what the underlying rule requires or who it applies to.
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2. Update of certain terminology regarding veteran employment
Title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking employment handicap each place it occurs and inserting employment barrier ; and
(2) by striking employment handicaps each place it occurs and inserting employment barriers .
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29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
4
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
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DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSvia DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
6 filings
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICAvia PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
5 filings
From 11 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (2025-07-22).