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Pub. L. 119-72 · H.R. 4446 · 119th Congress

FAST VETS Act

Signed into law Jan 20, 2026 · Armed Forces and National Security

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What this law does

  • Requires Veterans Affairs to redo a disabled veteran's job training plan with the veteran when disability changes make current goals unreachable.
  • Applies when a different plan is more likely to help the veteran reach long-range employment goals.
1 subject in this law: Veterans job training

Plain-language list by Voting On, based only on the official summary by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service and the bill's titles. Read the official summary.

How it became law

  1. IntroducedJul 16, 2025 · House
  2. 61 daysPassed HouseSep 15, 2025
  3. 94 daysPassed SenateDec 18, 2025
  4. 25 daysPresented to the PresidentJan 12, 2026
  5. 8 daysSigned into lawJan 20, 2026
188days, introduction to signature
61days to pass the House
94more days to pass the Senate
Nowent back to a chamber after changes
Novetoed

Official summary

Focused Assistance and Skills Training for Veterans' Employment and Transition Success Act or the FAST VETS Act

This act establishes conditions under which a veteran's individualized vocational rehabilitation plan (under the Veteran Readiness and Employment program) must be redeveloped. The program provides job training and employment-related services to veterans with service-connected disabilities.

Currently, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) must formulate and annually review an individualized vocational rehabilitation plan for veterans who have a serious employment handicap and have a reasonably feasible vocational goal.

The act provides that such plan must be redeveloped with the veteran if the VA determines the achievement of the long-range rehabilitation goals for the veteran are no longer feasible due to changes in the employment handicap of the veteran and are more likely under a different plan.

Summary by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (Public Law, Jan 20, 2026).

Who wrote it

Sponsor: Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3]

3 cosponsors: 2 Republicans, 1 Democrats. 3 signed on the day it was introduced.

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CosponsorSigned on
Rep. Messmer, Mark B. [R-IN-8]Jul 16, 2025Original cosponsor
Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3]Jul 16, 2025Original cosponsor
Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]Jul 16, 2025Original cosponsor

Recorded votes

No recorded roll-call votes. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, where individual votes are not recorded.

What was added

Amendments adopted (0)

No floor amendments were adopted. Any changes were made in committee or in a later version of the bill.

Sections in the final law that were not in the first version (Introduced in House) (0)

None. Every section heading in the final law was already in the first version (Introduced in House).

What was removed

Sections in the first version (Introduced in House) that did not make it into the law (0)

None. Every section heading from the first version (Introduced in House) remains in the law.

Compared by section heading between the Introduced in House text (Jul 16, 2025) and the Enrolled Bill text, both from GovInfo. Wording changes inside a section that kept its heading are not shown here; see the amendments and the text versions.

Proposed but not adopted

No amendments were voted down or withdrawn.

Full action history

Show all 27 official actions
Jan 20, 2026Signed by President.
Jan 20, 2026Signed by President.
Jan 20, 2026Became Public Law No: 119-72.
Jan 20, 2026Became Public Law No: 119-72.
Jan 12, 2026Presented to President.
Jan 12, 2026Presented to President.
Dec 19, 2025Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 18, 2025Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 18, 2025Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 18, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 18, 2025Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8895)
Sep 16, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sep 15, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 15, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4298)
Sep 15, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4298)
Sep 15, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4446.
Sep 15, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4298)
Sep 15, 2025Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Sep 10, 2025Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-266.
Sep 10, 2025Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-266.
Sep 10, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 222.
Jul 23, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jul 23, 2025Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Jul 23, 2025Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Jul 16, 2025Introduced in House
Jul 16, 2025Introduced in House
Jul 16, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Sources: Congress.gov (bill record, sponsors, actions, amendments, CRS summary) and GovInfo (official text). Days are calendar days.