House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Fraud Reduction And Uncovering Deception (FRAUD) in VA Disability Exams Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to identify and report instances of fraud with respect to disability benefit questionnaire forms of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 8, 2025
- Committee actionMay 14, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 14, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5723.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5723, Fraud Reduction and Undercovering Deception in VA Disability Exams Act” on July 2, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 14, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 2, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62504
- CBO publication date
- July 2, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5723, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5723
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAKANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 166, October 8, 2025, Page H4529):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5723, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5723
- 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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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 19, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Takano.
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- H.R. 3261 (119th) VA Employee Fairness Act of 2025
- H.R. 8868 (119th) Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2026
- H.R. 1957 (119th) End Veteran Homelessness Act of 2025
- H.R. 821 (119th) Fred Korematsu Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2025
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.