HR1286Passed House
Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act
Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-02-13
Introduced
18
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.
Republican · PA · Representative
Votes with party: 94.2% (602 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/B001327
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (18)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
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Latest Action
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2025-05-20
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-05-20
- House Committee on Veterans' AffairsReported By · 2025-05-17
Previously
- House Committee on Veterans' AffairsMarkup By · 2025-05-06
- House Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-02-13
Plain-English 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.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Armed Forces and National Security
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