House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
VA Appeals Reform Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the processes by which a veteran may appeal decisions affecting the provision of benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Josh Gottheimer D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 21, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 21, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1471.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOTTHEIMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 35, February 21, 2025, Page H729):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1471, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1471
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 14, 2025
- 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 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Josh Gottheimer.
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- H.Res. 795 (119th) Condemning the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, and calling for Hamas and its leaders to immediately and unconditionally surrender and to…
- H.R. 7100 (119th) Sikh American Anti-Discrimination Act of 2026
- H.R. 2711 (119th) Invest to Protect Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.