May 20, 2026
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to approve multi-State apprenticeship programs provided by commercial truck driving schools for purposes of Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance programs, and for other purposes.
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’ Transition to Trucking Act of 2025
.
Sec. 2. Authorization for Secretary of Veterans Affairs to approve multi-State apprenticeship programs provided by commercial truck driving schools for purposes of educational assistance programs of Department of Veterans Affairs
Section 3672(c)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C);
(2)
in subparagraph (A), in the matter before clause (i), by striking The State
and inserting Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the State
; and
(3)
by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph (B):
(B)
The Secretary may act in the role of a State approving agency for purposes of approval of a multi-State apprenticeship program provided by a commercial truck driving school.