To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide notice of average times for processing claims and percentage of claims approved, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1809.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. O'ROURKE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2395):
  Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, ``To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  292 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1809, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1809

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4fc7f65c6a0edd58c04c52e827c8fbc9911d6aab1155fd4d9767118c7e2560b1

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1809, last updated April 7, 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.