US Congress · H.R. 3481 · Passed the House

Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025

Introduced

Moved

Reached a final decision

Introduced 2025-05-19

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Officially: “Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025” Read the full text

Armed Forces and National Security

What it does

Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide a way for individuals who are entitled to VA educational assistance to electronically send and receive correspondence with the VA related to such assistance. The VA must ensure individuals are provided an opportunity to opt in to electronic correspondence.

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1Short title

This section says the Act may be cited as the Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025.

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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025 .

2Department of Veterans Affairs electronic communication relating to educational assistance benefits

This section would add a new subsection to section 3680 of title 38, United States Code. It would require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a way for an eligible veteran or eligible person to send and receive correspondence with the Department of Veterans Affairs electronically, instead of only by mail, about their entitlement to and use of educational assistance benefits under laws the Secretary administers. The Secretary would have to give each eligible veteran or eligible person the chance to opt into electronic correspondence rather than mail. The Secretary would also have to notify eligible veterans and eligible persons who are enrolled in a course or program of education or training about this opportunity to opt into electronic correspondence.

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2. Department of Veterans Affairs electronic communication relating to educational assistance benefits Section 3680 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (i) (1) The Secretary shall provide a mechanism by which an eligible veteran or eligible person may electronically send and receive correspondence with the Department of Veterans related to entitlement to and use of educational assistance benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary. The Secretary shall ensure that an eligible veteran or eligible person is provided with an opportunity to opt into sending and receiving such correspondence electronically rather than by mail. (2) The Secretary shall provide to eligible veterans and eligible persons who are enrolled in a course or program of education or training notice of the opportunity to opt in to sending and receiving correspondence electronically pursuant to paragraph (1). .

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Where it is

Introduced · 2025-05-19

In the House.

Committee hearing · 2025-06-11

Passed the House · 2025-09-17

Senate floor vote · next · the next step

Official documents

Full bill textread it on this site, version rfs (Referred in Senate), as published by GovInfo

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Congressional Budget Office cost estimatewhat it would cost, by the nonpartisan CBO

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The on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-23. The same version at GovInfo.

The numbers

29%

of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)

sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass

Who is lobbying on this

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERSvia INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS

6 filings

DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSvia DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS

5 filings

PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICAvia PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA

5 filings

From 16 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. (2025-09-18).