A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to provide for electronic com-
munication relating to educational assistance benefits 
under the laws administered by the Secretary, and for 
other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Delivering Digitally to 
Our Veterans Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT TO CERTAIN OUTREACH UNDER 
SOLID START PROGRAM OF DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
Section 6320(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘calling’’ and inserting 
‘‘communicating with’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘through the use of tailored 
lines of communication, including mailings, text 
messaging, virtual chatting, and other electronic 
forms of messaging’’ after ‘‘Armed Forces’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘tailored mail-
ings’’ and inserting ‘‘tailored lines of communication, 
including mailings, text messaging, virtual chatting, 
and other electronic forms of messaging,’’. 
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SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS USE OF TAI-
LORED LINES OF COMMUNICATION FOR COR-
RESPONDENCE RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL 
ASSISTANCE BENEFITS. 
Section 3680 of title 38, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i)(1) The Secretary shall provide a mechanism by 
which an eligible veteran or eligible person may use tailored 
lines of communication to send and receive correspondence 
with the Department of Veterans related to entitlement to 
and use of educational assistance benefits under the laws 
administered by the Secretary. The Secretary shall ensure 
that an eligible veteran or eligible person is provided with 
an opportunity to opt into sending and receiving such cor-
respondence using such lines of communication rather than 
by mail. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall provide to eligible veterans 
and eligible persons who are enrolled in a course or pro-
gram of education or training notice of the opportunity to 
opt in to sending and receiving correspondence using tai-
lored lines of communication pursuant to paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘tailored lines of com-
munication’ includes mailings, text messaging, virtual 
chatting, and other electronic forms of messaging.’’. 
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SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN LIMITS ON PAYMENTS OF 
PENSION. 
Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘November 30, 2031’’ and inserting 
‘‘January 31, 2033’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 213 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3481 
[Report No. 119–257] 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for 
electronic communication relating to educational 
assistance benefits under the laws administered 
by the Secretary, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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