<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
<billStatus>
  <version>3.0.0</version>
  <bill>
    <number>3481</number>
    <updateDate>2026-02-04T04:26:31Z</updateDate>
    <updateDateIncludingText>2026-02-04T04:26:31Z</updateDateIncludingText>
    <originChamber>House</originChamber>
    <originChamberCode>H</originChamberCode>
    <type>HR</type>
    <introducedDate>2025-05-19</introducedDate>
    <congress>119</congress>
    <legislationUrl>https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3481</legislationUrl>
    <cdata>
      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 84 (Monday, May 19, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [&lt;a href="https://www.gpo.gov"&gt;www.gpo.gov&lt;/a&gt;]By Mr. BARRETT:H.R. 3481.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H2147]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
    </cdata>
    <committees>
      <item>
        <systemCode>ssva00</systemCode>
        <name>Veterans' Affairs Committee</name>
        <chamber>Senate</chamber>
        <type>Standing</type>
        <activities>
          <item>
            <name>Referred To</name>
            <date>2025-09-18T18:28:44Z</date>
          </item>
        </activities>
      </item>
      <item>
        <systemCode>hsvr00</systemCode>
        <name>Veterans' Affairs Committee</name>
        <chamber>House</chamber>
        <type>Standing</type>
        <subcommittees>
          <item>
            <systemCode>hsvr10</systemCode>
            <name>Economic Opportunity Subcommittee</name>
            <activities>
              <item>
                <name>Hearings By (subcommittee)</name>
                <date>2025-06-11T16:48:17Z</date>
              </item>
              <item>
                <name>Referred to</name>
                <date>2025-06-11T16:48:10Z</date>
              </item>
            </activities>
          </item>
        </subcommittees>
        <activities>
          <item>
            <name>Reported By</name>
            <date>2025-09-09T16:23:55Z</date>
          </item>
          <item>
            <name>Markup By</name>
            <date>2025-07-23T16:47:43Z</date>
          </item>
          <item>
            <name>Discharged from</name>
            <date>2025-07-03T17:25:49Z</date>
          </item>
          <item>
            <name>Referred To</name>
            <date>2025-05-19T16:02:50Z</date>
          </item>
        </activities>
      </item>
    </committees>
    <committeeReports>
      <committeeReport>
        <citation>H. Rept. 119-257</citation>
      </committeeReport>
    </committeeReports>
    <relatedBills>
      <item>
        <title>Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025</title>
        <congress>119</congress>
        <number>2101</number>
        <type>S</type>
        <latestAction>
          <actionDate>2025-06-17</actionDate>
          <text>Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.</text>
        </latestAction>
        <relationshipDetails>
          <item>
            <type>Identical bill</type>
            <identifiedBy>CRS</identifiedBy>
          </item>
        </relationshipDetails>
      </item>
    </relatedBills>
    <actions>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-09-18</actionDate>
        <committees>
          <item>
            <systemCode>ssva00</systemCode>
            <name>Veterans' Affairs Committee</name>
          </item>
        </committees>
        <sourceSystem>
          <name>Senate</name>
        </sourceSystem>
        <text>Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.</text>
        <type>IntroReferral</type>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-09-17</actionDate>
        <actionTime>17:30:23</actionTime>
        <text>Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.</text>
        <type>Floor</type>
        <actionCode>H38310</actionCode>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>2</code>
          <name>House floor actions</name>
        </sourceSystem>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-09-17</actionDate>
        <actionTime>17:30:18</actionTime>
        <text>On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: 09/15/2025 CR H4295)</text>
        <type>Floor</type>
        <actionCode>H37300</actionCode>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>2</code>
          <name>House floor actions</name>
        </sourceSystem>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-09-17</actionDate>
        <actionTime>17:30:18</actionTime>
        <text>Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: 09/15/2025 CR H4295)</text>
        <type>Floor</type>
        <actionCode>8000</actionCode>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>9</code>
          <name>Library of Congress</name>
        </sourceSystem>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-09-17</actionDate>
        <actionTime>17:29:20</actionTime>
        <text>Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4393)</text>
        <type>Floor</type>
        <actionCode>H30000</actionCode>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>2</code>
          <name>House floor actions</name>
        </sourceSystem>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-09-15</actionDate>
        <actionTime>17:40:06</actionTime>
        <text>At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Bost objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.</text>
        <type>Floor</type>
        <actionCode>H37210</actionCode>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>2</code>
          <name>House floor actions</name>
        </sourceSystem>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-09-15</actionDate>
        <actionTime>17:32:36</actionTime>
        <text>DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3481.</text>
        <type>Floor</type>
        <actionCode>H8D000</actionCode>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>2</code>
          <name>House floor actions</name>
        </sourceSystem>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-09-15</actionDate>
        <actionTime>17:32:33</actionTime>
        <text>Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4295)</text>
        <type>Floor</type>
        <actionCode>H30000</actionCode>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>2</code>
          <name>House floor actions</name>
        </sourceSystem>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-09-15</actionDate>
        <actionTime>17:32:15</actionTime>
        <text>Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.</text>
        <type>Floor</type>
        <actionCode>H30300</actionCode>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>2</code>
          <name>House floor actions</name>
        </sourceSystem>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-09-09</actionDate>
        <text>Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 213.</text>
        <type>Calendars</type>
        <actionCode>H12410</actionCode>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>2</code>
          <name>House floor actions</name>
        </sourceSystem>
        <calendarNumber>
          <calendar>U00213</calendar>
        </calendarNumber>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-09-09</actionDate>
        <text>Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-257.</text>
        <type>Committee</type>
        <actionCode>H12200</actionCode>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>2</code>
          <name>House floor actions</name>
        </sourceSystem>
        <committees>
          <item>
            <systemCode>hsvr00</systemCode>
            <name>Veterans' Affairs Committee</name>
          </item>
        </committees>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-09-09</actionDate>
        <text>Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-257.</text>
        <type>Committee</type>
        <actionCode>5000</actionCode>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>9</code>
          <name>Library of Congress</name>
        </sourceSystem>
        <committees>
          <item>
            <systemCode>hsvr00</systemCode>
            <name>Veterans' Affairs Committee</name>
          </item>
        </committees>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-07-23</actionDate>
        <committees>
          <item>
            <systemCode>hsvr00</systemCode>
            <name>Veterans' Affairs Committee</name>
          </item>
        </committees>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>1</code>
          <name>House committee actions</name>
        </sourceSystem>
        <text>Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.</text>
        <type>Committee</type>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-07-23</actionDate>
        <committees>
          <item>
            <systemCode>hsvr00</systemCode>
            <name>Veterans' Affairs Committee</name>
          </item>
        </committees>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>1</code>
          <name>House committee actions</name>
        </sourceSystem>
        <text>Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held</text>
        <type>Committee</type>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-07-03</actionDate>
        <committees>
          <item>
            <systemCode>hsvr00</systemCode>
            <name>Veterans' Affairs Committee</name>
          </item>
        </committees>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>1</code>
          <name>House committee actions</name>
        </sourceSystem>
        <text>Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Discharged</text>
        <type>Committee</type>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-06-11</actionDate>
        <committees>
          <item>
            <systemCode>hsvr10</systemCode>
            <name>Economic Opportunity Subcommittee</name>
          </item>
        </committees>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>1</code>
          <name>House committee actions</name>
        </sourceSystem>
        <text>Subcommittee Hearings Held</text>
        <type>Committee</type>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-06-11</actionDate>
        <committees>
          <item>
            <systemCode>hsvr10</systemCode>
            <name>Economic Opportunity Subcommittee</name>
          </item>
        </committees>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>1</code>
          <name>House committee actions</name>
        </sourceSystem>
        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.</text>
        <type>Committee</type>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-05-19</actionDate>
        <text>Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.</text>
        <type>IntroReferral</type>
        <actionCode>H11100</actionCode>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>2</code>
          <name>House floor actions</name>
        </sourceSystem>
        <committees>
          <item>
            <systemCode>hsvr00</systemCode>
            <name>Veterans' Affairs Committee</name>
          </item>
        </committees>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-05-19</actionDate>
        <text>Introduced in House</text>
        <type>IntroReferral</type>
        <actionCode>Intro-H</actionCode>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>9</code>
          <name>Library of Congress</name>
        </sourceSystem>
      </item>
      <item>
        <actionDate>2025-05-19</actionDate>
        <text>Introduced in House</text>
        <type>IntroReferral</type>
        <actionCode>1000</actionCode>
        <sourceSystem>
          <code>9</code>
          <name>Library of Congress</name>
        </sourceSystem>
      </item>
    </actions>
    <sponsors>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>B001321</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Rep. Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7]</fullName>
        <firstName>Tom</firstName>
        <lastName>Barrett</lastName>
        <party>R</party>
        <state>MI</state>
        <district>7</district>
        <isByRequest>N</isByRequest>
      </item>
    </sponsors>
    <cosponsors>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>T000491</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Rep. Tran, Derek [D-CA-45]</fullName>
        <firstName>Derek</firstName>
        <lastName>Tran</lastName>
        <party>D</party>
        <state>CA</state>
        <district>45</district>
        <sponsorshipDate>2025-05-19</sponsorshipDate>
        <isOriginalCosponsor>True</isOriginalCosponsor>
      </item>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>V000135</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]</fullName>
        <firstName>Derrick</firstName>
        <lastName>Van Orden</lastName>
        <party>R</party>
        <state>WI</state>
        <district>3</district>
        <sponsorshipDate>2025-05-20</sponsorshipDate>
        <isOriginalCosponsor>False</isOriginalCosponsor>
      </item>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>V000138</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]</fullName>
        <firstName>Eugene</firstName>
        <lastName>Vindman</lastName>
        <party>D</party>
        <state>VA</state>
        <middleName>Simon</middleName>
        <district>7</district>
        <sponsorshipDate>2025-07-23</sponsorshipDate>
        <isOriginalCosponsor>False</isOriginalCosponsor>
      </item>
      <item>
        <bioguideId>L000590</bioguideId>
        <fullName>Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3]</fullName>
        <firstName>Susie</firstName>
        <lastName>Lee</lastName>
        <party>D</party>
        <state>NV</state>
        <district>3</district>
        <sponsorshipDate>2025-07-29</sponsorshipDate>
        <isOriginalCosponsor>False</isOriginalCosponsor>
      </item>
    </cosponsors>
    <cboCostEstimates>
      <item>
        <pubDate>2025-08-01T18:35:00Z</pubDate>
        <title>H.R. 3481, Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025</title>
        <url>https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61609</url>
        <description>As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 23, 2025</description>
      </item>
    </cboCostEstimates>
    <policyArea>
      <name>Armed Forces and National Security</name>
    </policyArea>
    <subjects>
      <legislativeSubjects>
        <item>
          <name>Computers and information technology</name>
          <updateDate>2025-06-27T16:12:05Z</updateDate>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Government information and archives</name>
          <updateDate>2025-06-27T16:12:15Z</updateDate>
        </item>
        <item>
          <name>Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation</name>
          <updateDate>2025-06-27T16:12:10Z</updateDate>
        </item>
      </legislativeSubjects>
      <policyArea>
        <name>Armed Forces and National Security</name>
        <updateDate>2025-06-05T18:22:27Z</updateDate>
      </policyArea>
    </subjects>
    <summaries>
      <summary>
        <versionCode>00</versionCode>
        <actionDate>2025-05-19</actionDate>
        <actionDesc>Introduced in House</actionDesc>
        <updateDate>2025-09-11T14:13:32Z</updateDate>
        <cdata>
          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide a way for individuals who are entitled to VA educational assistance to electronically send and receive correspondence with the VA related to such assistance. The VA must ensure individuals are provided an opportunity to opt in to electronic correspondence.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
        </cdata>
      </summary>
    </summaries>
    <title>Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025</title>
    <titles>
      <item>
        <titleType>Official Titles from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text</titleType>
        <titleTypeCode>259</titleTypeCode>
        <title>To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for electronic communication relating to educational assistance benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary, and for other purposes.</title>
        <updateDate>2025-09-22T17:43:14Z</updateDate>
        <chamberCode>H</chamberCode>
        <chamberName>House</chamberName>
        <billTextVersionName>Engrossed in House</billTextVersionName>
        <billTextVersionCode>EH</billTextVersionCode>
      </item>
      <item>
        <titleType>Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text</titleType>
        <titleTypeCode>255</titleTypeCode>
        <title>Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025</title>
        <updateDate>2025-09-20T06:08:14Z</updateDate>
        <chamberCode>S</chamberCode>
        <chamberName>Senate</chamberName>
        <billTextVersionName>Referred in Senate</billTextVersionName>
        <billTextVersionCode>RFS</billTextVersionCode>
      </item>
      <item>
        <titleType>Short Title(s) as Passed House</titleType>
        <titleTypeCode>104</titleTypeCode>
        <title>Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025</title>
        <updateDate>2025-09-19T02:53:14Z</updateDate>
        <chamberCode>H</chamberCode>
        <chamberName>House</chamberName>
        <billTextVersionName>Engrossed in House</billTextVersionName>
        <billTextVersionCode>EH</billTextVersionCode>
      </item>
      <item>
        <titleType>Short Title(s) as Reported to House</titleType>
        <titleTypeCode>102</titleTypeCode>
        <title>Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025</title>
        <updateDate>2025-09-10T04:23:21Z</updateDate>
        <chamberCode>H</chamberCode>
        <chamberName>House</chamberName>
        <billTextVersionName>Reported in House</billTextVersionName>
        <billTextVersionCode>RH</billTextVersionCode>
      </item>
      <item>
        <titleType>Display Title</titleType>
        <titleTypeCode>45</titleTypeCode>
        <title>Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025</title>
        <updateDate>2025-07-30T12:51:45Z</updateDate>
      </item>
      <item>
        <titleType>Short Title(s) as Introduced</titleType>
        <titleTypeCode>101</titleTypeCode>
        <title>Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025</title>
        <updateDate>2025-05-27T04:23:42Z</updateDate>
        <billTextVersionName>Introduced in House</billTextVersionName>
        <billTextVersionCode>IH</billTextVersionCode>
      </item>
      <item>
        <titleType>Official Title as Introduced</titleType>
        <titleTypeCode>6</titleTypeCode>
        <title>To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for electronic communication relating to educational assistance benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary, and for other purposes.</title>
        <updateDate>2025-05-27T04:18:25Z</updateDate>
        <billTextVersionName>Introduced in House</billTextVersionName>
        <billTextVersionCode>IH</billTextVersionCode>
      </item>
    </titles>
    <textVersions>
      <item>
        <type>Referred in Senate</type>
        <date>2025-09-18T04:00:00Z</date>
        <formats>
          <item>
            <url>https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr3481rfs/xml/BILLS-119hr3481rfs.xml</url>
          </item>
        </formats>
      </item>
      <item>
        <type>Engrossed in House</type>
        <date>2025-09-17T04:00:00Z</date>
        <formats>
          <item>
            <url>https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr3481eh/xml/BILLS-119hr3481eh.xml</url>
          </item>
        </formats>
      </item>
      <item>
        <type>Reported in House</type>
        <date>2025-09-09T04:00:00Z</date>
        <formats>
          <item>
            <url>https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr3481rh/xml/BILLS-119hr3481rh.xml</url>
          </item>
        </formats>
      </item>
      <item>
        <type>Introduced in House</type>
        <date>2025-05-19T04:00:00Z</date>
        <formats>
          <item>
            <url>https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr3481ih/xml/BILLS-119hr3481ih.xml</url>
          </item>
        </formats>
      </item>
    </textVersions>
    <latestAction>
      <actionDate>2025-09-18</actionDate>
      <text>Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.</text>
    </latestAction>
  </bill>
  <dublinCore xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
    <dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
    <dc:language>EN</dc:language>
    <dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
    <dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
    <dc:description>This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.</dc:description>
  </dublinCore>
</billStatus>
