1HOUSE · APR 7, 2025
Passed the House
412–0PASSED
R 205–0 D 207–0
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll 90 · 21 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Clear Communication for Veterans Claims Act
Official title: 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, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Tom Barrett R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2025
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseApr 7, 2025 · 412–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 8, 2025 — 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. 1039.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARRETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 25, February 6, 2025, Page H556):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1039, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1039
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 July 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 1039. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
9 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 9 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Mike Bost (R-IL), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Mike Collins (R-GA), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Susie Lee (D-NV), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), August Pfluger (R-TX), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Barrett.
- H.R. 6047 (119th) Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026
- H.R. 9570 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 117 West Lovett Street in Charlotte, Michigan, as the "Francis C.…
- H.R. 1364 (119th) Automotive Support Services to Improve Safe Transportation Act of 2025
- H.R. 3055 (119th) TRANSPORT Jobs Act
- H.R. 3481 (119th) Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025
- H.R. 3482 (119th) Veterans Community Care Scheduling Improvement Act
Related bills
- H.R. 9237 (119th) Take Care of America’s Veterans ActRelated bill
- S. 1311 (119th) Clear Communication for Veterans Claims Act of 2025Related bill
- S. 4744 (119th) Take Care of America’s Veterans ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.