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<dc:title>119 HR 2625 RH: Veterans Employment Readiness Yield Act of 2025</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-06-25</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">IB</distribution-code><calendar display="yes">Union Calendar No. 137</calendar><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 2625</legis-num><associated-doc role="report" display="yes">[Report No. 119–171]</associated-doc><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250403">April 3, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="D000230">Mr. Davis of North Carolina</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="C001133">Mr. Ciscomani</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HVR00">Committee on Veterans' Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250625">June 25, 2025</action-date><action-desc>Additional sponsors: <cosponsor name-id="F000466">Mr. Fitzpatrick</cosponsor> and <cosponsor name-id="S001201">Mr. Suozzi</cosponsor></action-desc></action><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250625">June 25, 2025</action-date><action-desc>Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed</action-desc><action-desc><pagebreak></pagebreak></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend title 38, United States Code, to update certain terminology regarding veteran employment.<pagebreak></pagebreak></official-title></form><legis-body id="HAE4BA444A0BC4507AB140F60591D2349" style="OLC"><section id="H8873E33DACDD4671A5384DFCB59C6193" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Veterans Employment Readiness Yield Act of 2025</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>VERY Act of 2025</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="HC41A752B3B214F4CB056B0CD2D4EEA4E"><enum>2.</enum><header>Update of certain terminology regarding veteran employment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title 38, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="H654F0A66EE7B48BFB05FF18C97641C7C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>employment handicap</quote> each place it occurs and inserting <quote>employment barrier</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFD507E79587548348E3E4ECD9C36DEF0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>employment handicaps</quote> each place it occurs and inserting <quote>employment barriers</quote>. </text></paragraph></section></legis-body><endorsement display="yes"><action-date date="20250625">June 25, 2025</action-date><action-desc>Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed</action-desc></endorsement></bill> 

