HR 1147
Passed a chamber
Establishes a 15-member Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access to advise the Department of Veterans Affairs on disability accessibility, and extends a limit on certain pension payments to veterans in nursing facilities to January 31, 2032.
Official title: Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
07-FEB-2025
Referred
07-FEB-2025
Passed
19-MAY-2025
Senate
Received
20-MAY-2025
- Adds section 549 to title 38 of the United States Code, creating a 15-member committee appointed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
- Membership includes veterans with disabilities, accessibility experts, two VA employees, five nominees from veterans service organizations, and four ex officio officials.
- Requires the committee to meet at least twice a year and advise the Secretary on accessibility of VA information, services, facilities, and purchased technology, with reports every two years.
- Requires VA, within 180 days, to abolish or consolidate certain inactive advisory committees before creating this one, and terminates the new committee seven years after enactment.
- Changes the end date in the nursing facility pension payment limitation in section 5503(d)(7) from November 30, 2031 to January 31, 2032.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (07-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 19-MAY-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Veterans' Affairs Committee (House)
- Veterans' Affairs Committee (Senate)
Armed Forces and National Security
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