Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8880.

• 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. 109, June 28, 2024, Page H4444):
  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 forms that the Secretary sends to claimants for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 28, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  329 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8880, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8880

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b346776ee90a5e551777bb14f8f1eb5a992869bfd35b100e502dd70bd4224ea5

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8880, 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.