IIB 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3481 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 18 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 16), 2025 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
AN ACT 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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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 tai-
lored lines of communication, including mail-
ings, 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 communica-
tion, 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 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(i)(1) The Secretary shall provide a mechanism by 
which an eligible veteran or eligible person may use tai-
lored lines of communication to send and receive cor-
respondence with the Department of Veterans related to 
entitlement to and use of educational assistance benefits 
under the laws administered by the Secretary. The Sec-
retary shall ensure that an eligible veteran or eligible per-
son is provided with an opportunity to opt into sending 
and receiving such correspondence 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 
tailored lines of communication pursuant to paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘tailored lines of 
communication’ 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 insert-
ing ‘‘January 31, 2033’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 17, 
2025. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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