Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2101 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2101

   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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 17, 2025

 Mr. Banks (for himself and Ms. Hirono) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 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.

    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 ``Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION 
              RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE BENEFITS.

    Section 3680 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Electronic Correspondence.--(1) The Secretary shall provide a 
mechanism by which an eligible veteran or eligible person may 
electronically send and receive correspondence with the Department of 
Veterans Affairs relating 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 
correspondence electronically rather than by mail.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall provide to eligible veterans and eligible 
persons who are enrolled in a course or program of education or 
training notice of the opportunity to opt in to sending and receiving 
correspondence electronically pursuant to paragraph (1).''.
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