Clear Communication for Veterans Claims Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7816.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7816, Clear Communications for Veterans Claims Act” on May 16, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 1, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 16, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60274

  CBO publication date

  May 16, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7816, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7816

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  95a50a3cb4653fab79e288e5fe5d276c72b2e87824dfeb5c476c3e386a0d6478

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-576 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 8, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 8, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/576

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7816, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7816

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  95a50a3cb4653fab79e288e5fe5d276c72b2e87824dfeb5c476c3e386a0d6478

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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. DUARTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 52, March 26, 2024, Page H2120):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 14 The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center for an assessment of notice letters that the Secretary sends to claimants for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  338 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7816, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7816

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  95a50a3cb4653fab79e288e5fe5d276c72b2e87824dfeb5c476c3e386a0d6478

  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. 7816, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.