The agreement must be finalized within 60 days of the start of negotiations
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The agreement must be finalized within 60 days of the start of negotiations
The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Veterans AffairsHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“The Secretary shall finalize the agreement under paragraph (1) by not later than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary enters negotiations with the National Academies with respect to such agreement.”
Subsection (a)(2)(A). The clock for this deadline starts when negotiations begin, not when the Act was enacted, so the date it falls on depends on when the Secretary enters negotiations.
What the document actually says
“The Secretary shall finalize the agreement under paragraph (1) by not later than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary enters negotiations with the National Academies with respect to such agreement.”
That sentence, in plain words
The deal must be done in 60 days. The clock starts on the day the two sides sit down to talk.
What this is about
First the VA asks the group. Then the two sides talk about the terms. This sets a time limit on that step.
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ACES Act of 2025, Public Law 119-32, sec. 2, 139 Stat. 480 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ32/html/PLAW-119publ32.htm
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“The agreement must be finalized within 60 days of the start of negotiations,” ACES Act of 2025, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/aces-act-2025/proposal/sec02-finalize-deadline/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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