House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Veterans Appeals Efficiency Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the efficiency of adjudications and appeals of claims for benefits under laws administered by Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 9, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 24, 2025 — Subcommittee Hearings Held
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3835.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 98, June 9, 2025, Page H2569):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which states ``[t]he Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 335 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3835, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3835
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 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
14 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 14 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Andy Barr (R-KY), Tom Barrett (R-MI), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Jason Crow (D-CO), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Jared Golden (D-ME), John James (R-MI), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), David Valadao (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Bost.
- H.R. 1041 (119th) Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
- H.R. 988 (119th) To amend title 36, United States Code, to move the place of incorporation and domicile of the National Woman’s Relief Corps to Illinois…
- H.R. 740 (119th) Veterans’ ACCESS Act of 2025
- H.R. 2283 (119th) Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery Act
- H.R. 3834 (119th) Protecting Veteran’s Claim Options Act
- H.R. 1659 (119th) Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.