To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit certain reports relating to medical evidence submitted in support of claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1725.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1725, a bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit certain reports relating to medical evidence submitted in support of claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary” on May 17, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 17, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 17, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52735

  CBO publication date

  May 17, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1725, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1725

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  30c42ac2ce8cd185e1e27ba1b5c2f73b6ebb8eec1733be0d0538a67491debd11

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-133 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 19, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 19, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/133

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1725, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1725

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  30c42ac2ce8cd185e1e27ba1b5c2f73b6ebb8eec1733be0d0538a67491debd11

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 52, March 24, 2017, Page H2445):
  Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  77 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1725, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1725

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  30c42ac2ce8cd185e1e27ba1b5c2f73b6ebb8eec1733be0d0538a67491debd11

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1725, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.