PLUS for Veterans Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1656 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1656 To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit certain fee agreements between claimants and agents or attorneys for the preparations, presentation, or prosecution of initial claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 27, 2025 Mr. Bergman (for himself, Mr. Correa, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Harrigan, and Mr. Alford) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit certain fee agreements between claimants and agents or attorneys for the preparations, presentation, or prosecution of initial claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 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 ``Preserving Lawful Utilization of Services for Veterans Act of 2025'' or the ``PLUS for Veterans Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF PREPARATION, PRESENTATION, OR PROSECUTION OF A CLAIM UNDER A LAW ADMINISTERED BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. Section 5901 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(c) Exclusion.--The administration of a medical examination, or the completion of a report with respect to such medical examination, as described in section 5125 of this title, shall not constitute the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of a claim under the laws administered by the Secretary.''. SEC. 3. AG