Veterans Claims Education Act of 2025

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Veterans Claims Education Act of 2025 (HR 1578)

Direct Link: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr1578rfs

Section 1. Short Title

This Act may be cited as the ‘Veterans Claims Education Act of 2025’.

SECTION 2. PROMOTION OF ASSISTANCE FROM PERSONS RECOGNIZED BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO FILE CER-TAIN CLAIMS UNDER LAWS ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY

(a) NOTICE TO CLAIMANTS OF AVAILABLE ASSISTANCE FROM RECOGNIZED PERSONS.—Section 5103A of title 38, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by redesignating subsections (g) through (i) as subsections (i) through (k), respectively;
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsections:

‘(g) Upon receipt of an initial claim by a claimant not represented by an accredited person, the Secretary shall provide notice to the claimant that—

‘(1) an accredited person may be able to represent the claimant;

‘(2) a veterans service organization recognized under section 5902 of this title may represent the claimant at no charge to the claimant;

‘(3) provides the web address of the online tool maintained under subsection (h); and

‘(4) provides the web address of an appropriate and publicly accessible website of the Department through which a claimant may report—’