Short title; table of contents

(a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Putting Veterans First Act of 2025. (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. TITLE I—Putting veteran and military families first Sec. 101. Reinstatement of members of the military community who were Federal employees. Sec. 102. Protection for members of the military community who were Federal employees. Sec. 103. Report on members of the military community in the civil service. Sec. 104. Comptroller General report on military community employment. TITLE II—Department of Veterans Affairs employees Subtitle A—Protections Sec. 201. Limitations on hiring freezes at Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 202. Limitations on closing offices at Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 203. Limitations on changes to telework and remote work at Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 204. Limitations on changes to final job offers at Department of Veterans Affairs. Subtitle B—Reporting Sec. 205. Notice and justification required before reduction in force at Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 206. Department of Veterans Affairs personnel reporting. Sec. 207. Department of Veterans Affairs research personnel reporting. Sec. 208. Prohibition on individuals serving as Secretary of Veterans Affairs from also serving as heads of other Federal agencies. Sec. 209. Office of Special Counsel. Sec. 210. Office of Government Ethics. Subtitle C—Restoring accountability and services Sec. 211. Report on effects of removing essential programs, offices, and services from Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 212. Restoring Department of Veterans Affairs programs, offices, and services affected since the beginning of the second Trump Administration. TITLE III—Protections for civil servants Sec. 301. Nominations to Merit Systems Protection Board. Sec. 302. Modifications to appeal rights for probationary employees. Sec. 303. Authority to retract offers and contracts relating to deferred resignations. Sec. 304. Limitation on changes to competitive service categories of positions. TITLE IV—Mental health care for civil servants Sec. 401. Mental health services. Sec. 402. Mental health services for current civil servants. TITLE V—Employment assistance for civil servants Sec. 501. Employment assistance. Sec. 502. Office of Personnel Management and the Department of Labor work on employment opportunities for members of the military community. TITLE VI—Department of Government Efficiency Sec. 601. Limitation on access to veteran and department information, systems, and data. Sec. 602. Limitation on application of certain Executive Orders relating to Department of Government Efficiency at Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 603. Report on compliance with limitation on access to veteran and Department of Veterans Affairs information, systems, and data and Inspector General review. TITLE VII—Financial needs of the Department of Veterans Affairs Sec. 701. Definition; rule of construction. Sec. 702. Report on financial effect of the Department of Government Efficiency on the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 703. Reinstatement of contracts and review of mass contract cancellations. Sec. 704. Limitations on mass contract cancellations. Sec. 705. Charge card program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. TITLE VIII—Reporting requirements Sec. 801. Requirement for Veterans Benefits Administration Monday Morning Workload Report. Sec. 802. Improvements regarding periodic publication of metrics relating to processing of appeals. Sec. 803. Publication of wait times for community care from Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 804. Period for Secretary of Veterans Affairs to respond to questions submitted by members of certain congressional committees.