HR 1578 — Veterans Claims Education Act of 2025
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-02-25
Latest action: — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sponsors
- Bishop, Sanford D. (D, GA-2) — cosponsor
Lobbied by (2)
LDA filings that named this bill in their activity descriptions. The lobbying firm (registrant) is paid by the client to lobby on this and related issues.
| Filing | Period | Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Income | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA | PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA | — | H.R. 1578 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS | DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS | — | H.R. 1578 |
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
- — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- — Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- — Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- · H38310 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- · H37300 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2133-2134)
- · 8000 — Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2133-2134)
- · H8D000 — DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1578.
- · H30000 — Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2133-2135)
- · H30300 — Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- · H12410 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 75.
- · H12200 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-102.
- · 5000 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-102.
- — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-02-25 — open
- Reported in House · 2025-05-19 — open
- Engrossed in House · 2025-05-19 — open
- Referred in Senate · 2025-05-20 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Bishop, Sanford D. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-01 | PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 1578 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 1578 | lobbying_bill_mention |
Outbound (2)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-03 | referred_to_committee | Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee | — | congress-committee | |
| 2025-01-03 | referred_to_committee | House Veterans' Affairs Committee | — | congress-committee |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bishop, Sanford D. (D, house GA-2) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hargrove crop insurance | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 2 | kathy fowler agency | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 3 | strategic farm marketing | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 4 | ansi | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 5 | donoho insurance group | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 6 | n/a | 0 | $0 | 5 | $875 | $875 |
| 7 | alabama house of representatives | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 8 | peter damon group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 9 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 10 | c&s industrial supply | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 11 | usdec | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 12 | fort valley state university | 0 | $0 | 1 | $100 | $100 |
| 13 | department of defense | 0 | $0 | 1 | $25 | $25 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
1 predicted yes (0%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 262 unknown (48%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 1 yes / 0 no / 262 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
1 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Bishop, Sanford D. (D · house · GA-2) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Bishop, Sanford D. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA (h.r. 1578) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS (h.r. 1578) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · congress-committee
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to House Veterans' Affairs Committee · congress-committee