House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. John Hall D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 24, 2008
- Committee actionApr 30, 2008
- Passed HouseJul 30, 2008 · 429–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 31, 2008 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5892.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5892, Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act of 2008” on July 28, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on April 30, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 28, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20118
- CBO publication date
- July 28, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5892, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5892
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
320f12fd76fce3adc335daa0515e3ab17e4f825db5638bb67c1a948f82d8b2da
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5892, Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act of 2008” on July 28, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on April 30, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 28, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20118
- CBO publication date
- July 28, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5892, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5892
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
320f12fd76fce3adc335daa0515e3ab17e4f825db5638bb67c1a948f82d8b2da
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. 110-789 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 29, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 29, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/789
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5892, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5892
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
320f12fd76fce3adc335daa0515e3ab17e4f825db5638bb67c1a948f82d8b2da
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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
78 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 73 Democrats
5 of 78 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Thomas Allen (D-ME), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Joe Baca (D-CA), Melissa Bean (D-IL), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Nancy Boyda (D-KS), Robert Brady (D-PA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Brad Ellsworth (D-IN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Bob Filner (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Barney Frank (D-MA) and 48 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Hall.
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- H.R. 2992 (110th) SBA Trade Programs Act of 2007
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- H.R. 2292 (110th) Pay Veterans First Act
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Sponsor’s state and district
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.