House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Restore VA Accountability Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify personnel action procedures with respect to employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Bost R-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 16, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 19, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 472.
- 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. 9, January 16, 2025, Page H222):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 January 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 336 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 472, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/472
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 20, 2025). 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
30 cosponsors — 30 Republicans
0 of 30 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Tom Barrett (R-MI), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Ben Cline (R-VA), Russell Fry (R-SC), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), David Rouzer (R-NC), John Rutherford (R-FL), Keith Self (R-TX), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
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
Related bills
- S. 124 (119th) Restore VA Accountability Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.