House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
PLUS for Veterans Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit certain fee agreements between claimants and agents or attorneys for the preparations, presentation, or prosecution of initial claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jack Bergman R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 3, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1656.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERGMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 39, February 27, 2025, Page H918):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 66 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1656, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1656
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 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 April 10, 2026). 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
20 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 20 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), J. Correa (D-CA), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Mark Harris (R-NC), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), David Kustoff (R-TN), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Addison McDowell (R-NC), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), David Rouzer (R-NC), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jack Bergman.
- H.R. 1823 (119th) VA Budget Shortfall Accountability Act
- H.R. 3132 (119th) CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025
- H.R. 6993 (119th) BEACON Act of 2026
- H.R. 7683 (119th) VA Fiscal Management Modernization Act
- H.R. 45 (119th) FIND Act
- H.Res. 254 (119th) Recognizing the 250th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps.
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.