US Congress · S. 610 · Passed the Senate

Ensuring VetSuccess On Campus Act of 2025

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Moved

Reached a final decision

Introduced 2025-02-18

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Officially: “Ensuring VetSuccess On Campus Act of 2025” Read the full text

Armed Forces and National Security

What it does

Ensuring VetSuccess On Campus Act of 2025 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that the VetSuccess on Campus (VSOC) program is located in every state. The program supports veterans, servicemembers, and qualified dependents who are transitioning from military service to college life. The VA must ensure that at least one VSOC counselor is located in each state.

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1Short title

This section gives the Act its official short title: the Ensuring VetSuccess On Campus Act of 2025.

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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring VetSuccess On Campus Act of 2025 .

2Expansion of VetSuccess on Campus program to at least one location in each State

This section would require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make sure the Department's VetSuccess on Campus program is located in every state. In carrying that out, the Secretary would have to make sure at least one VetSuccess on Campus counselor is located in each state, regardless of how many people in that state or at a given school qualify to take part in the program. In choosing where to place the program, the Secretary would have to give preference to schools with the largest numbers of students who are pursuing an education program at the school using educational assistance benefits administered by the Secretary. For purposes of this section, State has the meaning already given to that term in section 101 of title 38 of the United States Code.

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2. Expansion of VetSuccess on Campus program to at least one location in each State (a) In general The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that the VetSuccess on Campus program of the Department of Veterans Affairs is located in every State. (b) Counselors In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that at least one counselor of the VetSuccess on Campus program is located in each State, notwithstanding the number of individuals in a State or at an educational institution who may qualify to participate in the program. (c) Preference In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall give preference to educational institutions that have the largest populations of students who are pursuing programs of education at such institutions with educational assistance provided under laws administered by the Secretary. (d) State defined In this section, the term State has the meaning given such term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.

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Where it is

Introduced · 2025-02-18

In the Senate.

Committee hearing · 2025-03-11

Passed the Senate · 2025-12-11

House floor vote · next · the next step

Official documents

Full bill textread it on this site, version es (Engrossed 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 numbers

29%

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

sponsors, out of 51 needed to pass

Who is lobbying on this

DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSvia DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS

6 filings

PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICAvia PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA

6 filings

From 12 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.

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