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Veterans Employment Readiness Yield Act of 2025

Floor Speech

By: Mike Bost
By: Mike Bost
Date: July 21, 2025
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 2625) to amend title 38, United States Code, to update certain terminology regarding veteran employment.

The Clerk read the title of the bill.

The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 2625

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 Employment Readiness Yield Act of 2025'' or the ``VERY Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. UPDATE OF CERTAIN TERMINOLOGY REGARDING VETERAN EMPLOYMENT.

Title 38, United States Code, is amended--

(1) by striking ``employment handicap'' each place it occurs and inserting ``employment barrier''; and

(2) by striking ``employment handicaps'' each place it occurs and inserting ``employment barriers''.

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Mr. BOST. 2625.

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Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to support H.R. 2625, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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