HR1286Passed House

Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-02-13
Introduced
18
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HR
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Sponsor

Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.
Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.
Republican · PA · Representative
Votes with party: 94.2% (602 recorded votes)

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Cosponsors (18)

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

2025-05-20

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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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