VA would need a campus counselor for student veterans in every state
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Sponsor: Richard Blumenthal · Senator · CT
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Official title: Ensuring VetSuccess On Campus Act of 2025
119th Congress
Topics: Security & foreign affairs
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The VA would have to place at least one VetSuccess on Campus counselor in every state, favoring schools with the most students using VA education benefits.
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What does this do?
The bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make sure its VetSuccess on Campus program operates in every state. The VA must place at least one counselor in each state, even if the state has relatively few eligible students. In choosing locations, the VA is told to give preference to schools with the largest numbers of students using VA education benefits, such as the GI Bill.
Who does it affect?
Student veterans and eligible family members attending college, especially in states with no counselor in the program now. The VA, which would assign staff, and schools chosen to host a counselor are also affected.
Why does it matter?
States without a VetSuccess on Campus counselor would get one, giving student veterans and family members there on-campus access to help with education benefits, mental health and other support services, and school challenges. The VA would have to assign staff to meet the requirement.
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Based on the “Engrossed in Senate” text of Dec 11, 2025.
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Where does it stand?
- IntroducedFeb 18, 2025
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- HouseYou are here · Dec 15, 2025
- The president's desk
Right now: it passed the Senate, and the official record shows nothing new since. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the president.
Latest action: — Held at the desk.