[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4446 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4446

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the conditions under 
 which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is required to redevelop the 
 individualized vocational rehabilitation plan for a veteran, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2025

Ms. Dexter (for herself, Mr. Messmer, Mr. McGarvey, and Mr. Van Orden) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the conditions under 
 which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is required to redevelop the 
 individualized vocational rehabilitation plan for a veteran, 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 ``Focused Assistance and Skills 
Training for Veterans' Employment and Transition Success Act'' or the 
``FAST VETS Act''.

SEC. 2. CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS SHALL 
              REDEVELOP INDIVIDUALIZED VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PLAN.

    Section 3107 of title 38, United States Code, is amended in 
subsection (b)--
            (1) by striking ``The Secretary shall review'' and 
        inserting ``(1) The Secretary shall review'';
            (2) by striking the second sentence; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) On the basis of such review, the Secretary shall--
            ``(A) redevelop such plan with such veteran if the 
        Secretary determines the achievement of the long-range 
        rehabilitation goals for such veteran is--
                    ``(i) no longer feasible due to changes in the 
                employment handicap of the veteran; and
                    ``(ii) likelier under a different plan formulated 
                under subsection (a); or
            ``(B) disapprove redevelopment of such plan if the 
        Secretary determines such redevelopment is not appropriate.''.
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