HR 1286 · 119th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act

Introduced 2025-02-13· Sponsored by Rep. Bresnahan, Robert [R-PA-8]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.(2025-05-20)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2025-05-19
Roll #133
Yea 386Nay 1
Democrats
192 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
194 Yea·1 Nay
PassedHouse · 2025-05-19
Roll #133
Yea 386Nay 1
Democrats
192 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
194 Yea·1 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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.…

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H.R. 1286, Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act

May 13, 2025

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on March 6, 2025

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Cosponsors (18)

4 Democrats14 Republicans