To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include a notice of disagreement form in any notice of decision issued for the denial of a benefit sought, to improve the supervision of fiduciaries of veterans under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1405.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1405, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include a notice of disagreement form in any notice of decision issued for the denial of a benefit sought, to improve the supervision of fiduciaries” on May 15, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 8, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 15, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44222

  CBO publication date

  May 15, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1405, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1405

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  94020244dfb1325df53e63da1a3d098122885e9e0ffe8a3afc8a151dfb0d7e72

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-130 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on June 25, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 25, 2013 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/130

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1405, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1405

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  94020244dfb1325df53e63da1a3d098122885e9e0ffe8a3afc8a151dfb0d7e72

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TITUS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H1836-H1837):
  The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Amendment XVI, of the United States Constitution. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  160 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1405, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1405

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  94020244dfb1325df53e63da1a3d098122885e9e0ffe8a3afc8a151dfb0d7e72

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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