House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law

Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2007

H.R. 1315Introduced Mar 5, 2007Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor: Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 5, 2007
Committee actionJul 17, 2007
Passed HouseJul 30, 2007 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Aug 3, 2007 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1315.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1315, Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act of 2007” on July 26, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 17, 2007</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 26, 2007 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19002
CBO publication date
July 26, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1315, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1315
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e753d643dc8972f2fbef240eee7ed3acf79020b0ca6dcfe941e7ff9fbc3a4fea
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1315, Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act of 2007” on July 26, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 17, 2007”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 26, 2007 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19002
CBO publication date
July 26, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1315, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1315
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e753d643dc8972f2fbef240eee7ed3acf79020b0ca6dcfe941e7ff9fbc3a4fea
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 110-266 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 27, 2007.
Source: Congress.gov, reported July 27, 2007 ↗
Evidence
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committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/266
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1315, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1315
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e753d643dc8972f2fbef240eee7ed3acf79020b0ca6dcfe941e7ff9fbc3a4fea
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1315, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

No cosponsors.

More from the sponsor

Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin.

Sponsor’s state and district

South Dakota in Congress · SD at-large district

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Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.