H.R. 4446 · 119th Congress · enacted
FAST VETS Act
Became Public Law No: 119-72.
Latest official action 2026-01-20 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Focused Assistance and Skills Training for Veterans' Employment and Transition Success Act or the FAST VETS Act This act establishes conditions under which a veteran's individualized vocational rehabilitation plan (under the Veteran Readiness and Employment program) must be redeveloped. The program provides job training and employment-related services to veterans with service-connected disabilities. Currently, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) must formulate and annually review an individualized vocational rehabilitation plan for veterans who have a serious employment handicap and have a reasonably feasible vocational goal. The act provides that such plan must be redeveloped with the veteran if the VA determines the achievement of the long-range rehabilitation goals for the veteran are no longer feasible due to changes in the employment handicap of the veteran and are more likely under a different plan.
Congressional Research Service · 2026-01-20
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Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
Sponsor
Maxine Dexter
House · OR District 3 · Democratic
$358,744PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Mark B. Messmer
House · IN District 8 · Republican
$476,244PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Morgan McGarvey
House · KY District 3 · Democratic
$630,638PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Derrick Van Orden
House · WI District 3 · Republican
$888,566PAC receipts · 2025–2026
3 of 3 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$27,000
Maxine Dexter · Sponsor · $3,500
Mark B. Messmer · Cosponsor · $10,000
Morgan McGarvey · Cosponsor · $7,500
Derrick Van Orden · Cosponsor · $6,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$25,000
Maxine Dexter · Sponsor · $5,000
Mark B. Messmer · Cosponsor · $5,000
Morgan McGarvey · Cosponsor · $10,000
Derrick Van Orden · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordTHE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$22,500
Mark B. Messmer · Cosponsor · $5,000
Morgan McGarvey · Cosponsor · $7,500
Derrick Van Orden · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$20,000
Mark B. Messmer · Cosponsor · $10,000
Morgan McGarvey · Cosponsor · $5,000
Derrick Van Orden · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$20,000
BUCKEYE LIBERTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$20,000
MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS$20,000
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$20,000
Mark B. Messmer · Cosponsor · $5,000
Morgan McGarvey · Cosponsor · $5,000
Derrick Van Orden · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordPOET PAC$20,000
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC$20,000
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC)$19,750
Maxine Dexter · Sponsor · $5,000
Mark B. Messmer · Cosponsor · $10,250
Morgan McGarvey · Cosponsor · $4,500
Official PAC recordD.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS)$18,000
Maxine Dexter · Sponsor · $10,000
Morgan McGarvey · Cosponsor · $6,500
Derrick Van Orden · Cosponsor · $1,500
Official PAC recordENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS$16,500
Maxine Dexter · Sponsor · $2,500
Mark B. Messmer · Cosponsor · $5,000
Morgan McGarvey · Cosponsor · $2,500
Derrick Van Orden · Cosponsor · $6,500
Official PAC recordAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)$16,000
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
Mark B. Messmer · Cosponsor · $2,500
Morgan McGarvey · Cosponsor · $7,500
Derrick Van Orden · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordCARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS$15,000
Maxine Dexter · Sponsor · $5,000
Mark B. Messmer · Cosponsor · $5,000
Morgan McGarvey · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE$15,000
MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PAC$15,000
NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC)$15,000
REPUBLICAN MAINSTREET PARTNERSHIP PAC$15,000
INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC)$14,000
Mark B. Messmer · Cosponsor · $2,500
Morgan McGarvey · Cosponsor · $1,500
Derrick Van Orden · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)$13,500
Mark B. Messmer · Cosponsor · $2,500
Morgan McGarvey · Cosponsor · $1,000
Derrick Van Orden · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$13,500
Maxine Dexter · Sponsor · $10,000
Mark B. Messmer · Cosponsor · $1,000
Morgan McGarvey · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC)$12,500
Maxine Dexter · Sponsor · $2,000
Mark B. Messmer · Cosponsor · $4,500
Morgan McGarvey · Cosponsor · $6,000
Official PAC recordGROWTH ENERGY PAC$12,500
Mark B. Messmer · Cosponsor · $5,000
Morgan McGarvey · Cosponsor · $2,500
Derrick Van Orden · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordSWEDISH MATCH NORTH AMERICA LLC PAC$12,500
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC)$12,000
Maxine Dexter · Sponsor · $1,000
Morgan McGarvey · Cosponsor · $1,000
Derrick Van Orden · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordBWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$12,000
EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$12,000
Mark B. Messmer · Cosponsor · $3,000
Morgan McGarvey · Cosponsor · $6,000
Derrick Van Orden · Cosponsor · $3,000
Official PAC recordHONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. TECHNOLOGIES PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL (HONPAC)$12,000
Maxine Dexter · Sponsor · $2,000
Mark B. Messmer · Cosponsor · $8,000
Morgan McGarvey · Cosponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordSMART TD PAC$12,000
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC$11,500
NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE / AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS$11,500
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC$11,000
Maxine Dexter · Sponsor · $2,500
Mark B. Messmer · Cosponsor · $1,000
Morgan McGarvey · Cosponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordAMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,988
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC)$10,500
NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC$10,500
Mark B. Messmer · Cosponsor · $1,000
Morgan McGarvey · Cosponsor · $2,000
Derrick Van Orden · Cosponsor · $7,500
Official PAC record31 DAYS PAC$10,000
Derrick Van Orden · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordALLISON TRANSMISSION INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
Mark B. Messmer · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FAMMEDPAC)$10,000
Maxine Dexter · Sponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordThe largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
What happened after enactment?
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Measured outcome: not established
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