Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
Veterans’ Transition to Trucking Act of 2025
A Democratic bill with 2 Republican cosponsors · See all 2 cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Veterans' Transition to Trucking Act of 2025 is a bill that amends title 38 of the United States Code. It allows the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to act as a State approving agency for multi-State apprenticeship programs. This is specifically for the purpose of veterans educational assistance.
Yes· 3 of 16
- Scored +8
Would veterans be better off under this, taking everything together?
Directly expands educational assistance options for veterans entering the trucking industry.
- Scored +5
Does this increase the pay, pensions or support veterans receive?
Expands the utility of veterans educational assistance for trucking apprenticeships.
- Scored +3
Would people in their twenties and thirties be better off under this?
Many veterans are young adults transitioning into the workforce.
The opposite
- Scored -1
Does this leave more decisions to the states?
Shifts some approval authority from State agencies to the federal Secretary.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- Expanded Program Approval: The Secretary of Veterans Affairs can now approve multi-State apprenticeship programs for veterans educational assistance (Section 2). This may provide veterans more options for training in interstate commerce carrier programs.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts for individuals or groups of people are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would veterans be better off under this, taking everything together? — Directly expands educational assistance options for veterans entering the trucking industry. Would people in their twenties and thirties be better off under this? — Many veterans are young adults transitioning into the workforce. Would business owners be better off under this? — Increases the pool of approved trained drivers for trucking companies. Would households on low incomes be better off under this? — Vocational training leads to higher-paying employment opportunities. Would students be better off under this? — Veterans utilizing educational assistance benefit from expanded program options. Would people in middle age be better off under this? — Provides retraining options for older veterans. Would middle-income households be better off under this? Would people in rural areas be better off under this? — Trucking opportunities are often significant in rural areas.
- National Security And Foreign Policy
- Does this increase the pay, pensions or support veterans receive? — Expands the utility of veterans educational assistance for trucking apprenticeships.
- Economy And Finance
- Is this likely to create jobs? — Expanding apprenticeship approvals for trucking may increase the pipeline of qualified drivers. Is this likely to grow the economy? — Facilitating veteran employment in the logistics sector supports economic activity.
- Education And Technology
- Does this make it easier to use public money at a school other than the local one? — Provides an additional approved vocational training path for veterans.
- Social Issues And Justice
- Is this likely to lift people out of poverty? — Increasing vocational opportunities for veterans helps reduce economic instability. Is this likely to reduce homelessness? — Better employment transitions for veterans can help mitigate homelessness risk.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make it easier to do business across state lines? — Simplifies approval for multi-state programs involving interstate commerce carriers. Does this give the federal government more power? — Grants the Secretary of Veterans Affairs power to act as a State approving agency. Does this leave more decisions to the states? — Shifts some approval authority from State agencies to the federal Secretary.
- 7/20/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 4/30/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
3 bills Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Bill CassidyRepublican · Louisiana
Bernie MorenoRepublican · Ohio