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Veterans Law Judge Experience Act of 2025

This bill requires the Chairman of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals to prioritize individuals with three or more years of legal professional experience in relevant legal areas when recommending individuals to the Department of Veterans Affairs to serve as members of the Board.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 659 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 659


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 26 (legislative day, January 15), 2026

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Chairman of the 
Board of Veterans' Appeals to give priority to individuals with certain 
 professional experience in recommending such individuals to serve as 
   members of the Board of Veterans' Appeals, 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 ``Veterans Law Judge Experience Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. PRIORITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 
              IN APPOINTMENTS TO BOARD OF VETERANS' APPEALS.

    Subsection (a) of section 7101A of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(3) In recommending individuals to the Secretary to serve as 
members of the Board, the Chairman shall give priority to individuals 
with three or more years of legal professional experience in areas that 
pertain to the laws administered by the Secretary.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives January 20, 2026.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.