Latest action · May 20, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date
was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the
date it carried.
IntroducedFeb 13, 2025
Passed HouseMay 19, 2025
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached
Summary
Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to seek to enter an agreement with a federally funded research and development center to assess the forms that the VA sends to claimants. The center must submit a written assessment to the VA that includes recommendations on how the VA may make the forms clearer and more organized.
The VA must implement certain recommendations in the assessment within two years after the assessment is received.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2025 to
May 6, 2025;
5 are original cosponsors,
there from the day it was introduced.
May 20, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 19, 2025Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
May 19, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2124-2126)
May 19, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1286.
May 19, 2025At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates,
the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, to ``provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.''
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 30, February 13, 2025, page H710.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
Official Title as Introduced
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center for an assessment of forms that the Secretary sends to claimants for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act
Short Title(s) as Reported to House
Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act
Short Title(s) as Passed House
Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act
Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center for an assessment of forms that the Secretary sends to claimants for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, and for other purposes.
Subjects
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