House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Review Every Veterans Claim Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to deny the claim of a veteran for benefits under the laws administered by such Secretary on the sole basis that such veteran failed to appear for a medical examination associated with such claim.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2025
- Committee actionJul 23, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 4, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 549.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2137.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2137, Review Every Veterans Claim Act of 2025” on November 4, 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, November 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61852
- CBO publication date
- November 4, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2137, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2137
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-633 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 4, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 4, 2026 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/633
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2137, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2137
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
113ed0873798bb064a08253d2a1638a24f667709427713f6f48d20cc9d37c3e8
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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. LUTTRELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 49, March 14, 2025, Page H1163):Under Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 14, 2025 ↗
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- Statement length
- 307 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2137, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2137
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
113ed0873798bb064a08253d2a1638a24f667709427713f6f48d20cc9d37c3e8
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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
5 of 9 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Pablo Hernández (D-PR), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Cory Mills (R-FL), Joe Neguse (D-CO), August Pfluger (R-TX), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), Randy Weber (R-TX).
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Related bills
- H.R. 9237 (119th) Take Care of America’s Veterans ActRelated bill
- S. 1657 (119th) Review Every Veteran’s Claim Act of 2025Related 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 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.