House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
VSAFE Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion Officer, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ken Calvert R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
- Committee actionJul 23, 2025
- Passed HouseJan 20, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 26, 2026 — 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. 1663.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1663, Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion Act of 2025” on July 31, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans Affairs on July 23, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61608
- CBO publication date
- July 31, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1663, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1663
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 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. 119-350 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on October 21, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 21, 2025 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/350
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1663, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1663
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 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. CALVERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 39, February 27, 2025, Page H919):Article I, Section 8 of the US ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2025 ↗
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- Statement length
- 43 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1663, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1663
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
774432fb3356ecae074d7403f27feddb4eef28d31a762d45faf11c8ac6e038ef
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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
13 cosponsors — 13 Republicans
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Tom Barrett (R-MI), Mike Bost (R-IL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Tom Cole (R-OK), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Vince Fong (R-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), David Valadao (R-CA), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ken Calvert.
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- H.R. 831 (119th) Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Amendment Act of 2025
- H.R. 252 (119th) Secure Our Ports Act of 2025
- H.R. 4016 (119th) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
- H.Res. 978 (119th) Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Doug LaMalfa.
- H.R. 9495 (119th) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027
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.