House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
VA Claims, Operations, and Records Efficiency Act
Sponsor: Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick D-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 25, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 6, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1729.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2352):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 135 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1729, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1729
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
365bf28c9ef2f96d7edfe8af17184e482059973ff8f37e394b0a3075c550f19a
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1729, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 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
52 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 48 Democrats, 1 independent
3 of 52 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Ron Barber (D-AZ), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Donna Christensen (D-VI), David Cicilline (D-RI), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Jim Costa (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Daniel Maffei (D-NY), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Candice Miller (R-MI) and 22 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4841 (113th) Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014
- H.R. 3745 (113th) Coverage Protection Act of 2013
- H.R. 3499 (113th) Rural Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.