House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Claim Transparency Act of 2020
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 1, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 30, 2020 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7443.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALLRED, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 121, July 1, 2020, Page H3058):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which gives Congress the power 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, Congressional Record July 1, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 322 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7443, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7443
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c1977286d581580fbcd6c622d80646971a7428e0b5f84ce4fc50d59a443d1f63
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. 7443, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 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
36 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 26 Democrats
10 of 36 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Ken Buck (R-CO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jared Golden (D-ME), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Jim Hagedorn (R-MN), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), William Keating (D-MA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ron Kind (D-WI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Elaine Luria (D-VA), David McKinley (R-WV), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Colin Allred.
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- H.Res. 892 (116th) Resolution to honor the life and legacy of Jack Repp.
- H.R. 5296 (116th) Advancing Support for Working Families Act
- H.R. 3612 (116th) To repeal a section of the FAST Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.