1HOUSE · MAY 19, 2025
Passed the House
386–1PASSED
R 194–1 D 192–0
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll 133 · 45 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Simplifying Forms 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 forms that the Secretary sends to claimants for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Bresnahan R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2025
- Committee actionMay 6, 2025
- Passed HouseMay 19, 2025 · 386–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 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. 1286.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1286, Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act” on May 13, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on March 6, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61398
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1286, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1286
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-100 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 17, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/100
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1286, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1286
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRESNAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 30, February 13, 2025, Page H710):Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, to ``provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2025 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 135 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1286, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1286
- 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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Sent to: Veterans' Affairs Committee, Veterans' Affairs CommitteeBills with a CBO estimateBills with a committee reportSee it in the Data Web
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 1286. 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
18 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 18 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Mike Bost (R-IL), Donald Davis (D-NC), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Josh Harder (D-CA), J. Hill (R-AR), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Susie Lee (D-NV), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Barry Moore (R-AL), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), August Pfluger (R-TX), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), David Valadao (R-CA), Roger Williams (R-TX), Steve Womack (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Bresnahan.
- H.R. 3428 (119th) Mid-Atlantic River Basin Commissions Review Act
- H.R. 2987 (119th) CEASE Act of 2025
- H.R. 4782 (119th) Local Farmers Feeding our Communities Act
- H.R. 6075 (119th) Water Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2025
- H.R. 10224 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6 Pennsylvania Avenue in Matamoras, Pennsylvania, as the "PFC…
- H.R. 6022 (119th) Sgt. Walter F. Hartnett IV Green Star Veterans Service Act
Related bills
- H.R. 9237 (119th) Take Care of America’s Veterans ActRelated 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.