HR2954Passed House

Veterans’ Transition to Trucking Act of 2025

Introduced

In Committee

Passed One Chamber

Passed Both

Signed into Law

119th

Congress

2025-04-17

Introduced

Cosponsors

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Type

Sponsor

Chris Pappas

Democrat · NH · Representative

Votes with party: 92.6% (552 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/P000614

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Cosponsors (6)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

2026-05-20

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Committee Activity

Currently in

Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2026-05-20
House Committee on Veterans' AffairsReported By · 2025-09-19

Previously

House Committee on Veterans' AffairsMarkup By · 2025-07-23
House Committee on Veterans' AffairsDischarged from · 2025-07-03
House Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-04-17

Plain-English Summary

Veterans' Transition to Trucking Act of 2025 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to act as a state approving agency to approve multi-state apprenticeship programs (i.e., non-federal apprenticeship programs operating in more than one state) for purposes of VA educational assistance benefits. (State approving agencies are designated by states to provide, among other duties, approval of courses of education for purposes of VA education benefits.)

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Armed Forces and National Security

Full Bill Text

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2954 Reported in House (RH)] <DOC> Union Calendar No. 259 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2954 [Report No. 119-305] To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to approve multi-State apprenticeship programs for purposes of veterans educational assistance, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 17, 2025 Mr. Pappas (for himself and Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs September 19, 2025 Additional sponsors: Mr. Barrett, Ms. Stefanik, Mrs. Cherfilus- McCormick, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, and Mr. Van Orden September 19, 2025 Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 17, 2025] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to approve multi-State apprenticeship programs for purposes of veterans educational assistance, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' Transition to Trucking Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO APPROVE MULTI-STATE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY COMMERCIAL TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOLS FOR PURPOSES OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. Section 3672(c)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); (2) in subparagraph (A), in the matter before clause (i), by striking ``The State'' and inserting ``Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the State''; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph (B): ``(B) The Secretary may act in the role of a State approving agency for purposes of approval of a multi-State apprenticeship program provided by a commercial truck driving school.''. Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to approve multi-State apprenticeship programs provided by commercial truck driving schools for purposes of Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance programs, and for other purposes.''. Union Calendar No. 259 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2954 [Report No. 119-305] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to approve multi-State apprenticeship programs for purposes of veterans educational assistance, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ September 19, 2025 Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

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