House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Veterans Claims Education Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to promote assistance from persons recognized by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for individuals who file certain claims under laws administered by the Secretary.
Sponsor: Rep. Scott Peters D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2025
- Committee actionMay 6, 2025
- Passed HouseMay 19, 2025 · by voice vote
- 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. 1578.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1578, Veterans Claims Education Act of 2025” on May 16, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 6, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61407
- CBO publication date
- May 16, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1578, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1578
- 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. 119-102 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 19, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 19, 2025 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/102
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1578, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1578
- 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. PETERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 37, February 25, 2025, Page H837):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2025 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1578, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1578
- 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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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
9 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 5 Democrats
4 of 9 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Dave Min (D-CA), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY).
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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.