To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase in the maximum number of judges who may be appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1329.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SELF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 39, March 1, 2023, Page H1052):
  Section 7253(a) of title 3; United States Code, is 7 amended by striking ``seven'' and inserting ``nine''. The single subject of this legislation is: Veterans Claims
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2023 ↗

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  165 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1329, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1329

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  912b8b894cc04b0a3b69c14e4682cd2364e214f5c93bd02a3d108e75c8faef83

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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