House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Benefits Fairness and Transparency Act of 2020
Sponsor: Rep. Andy Barr R-KYWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 27, 2020
- Committee actionJul 30, 2020
- Passed HouseSep 22, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 23, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7795.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7795, Veterans Benefits Fairness and Transparency Act of 2020” on September 9, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 30, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 9, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56557
- CBO publication date
- September 9, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7795, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7795
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 132, July 27, 2020, Page H3881):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7795, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7795
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d8abed196dc1f194b7014e5c99fecc4ef8522a2a25cbce543be75b3ea8ca98f4
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 committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7795, last updated December 5, 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
8 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 8 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Dean Phillips (D-MN), David Roe (R-TN), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Jackie Walorski (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Andy Barr.
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- H.R. 589 (116th) Middle Class Savings Act
- H.R. 8368 (116th) Rural Broadband Expansion Act of 2020
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.