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119TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-100
SIMPLIFYING FORMS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS ACT
MAY 17, 2025.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BOST, from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 1286]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1286) 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 Sec-
retary, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports
favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the
bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
A m endm ent .............................................................................................................. 2
Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... . 2
Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 2
H earings .................................................................................................................. 4
Subcom m ittee Consideration .................................................................................. 4
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 4
C om m ittee V otes ..................................................................................................... 5
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 5
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ................. 5
Earmarks and Tax and Tariff Benefits .................................................................. 5
Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ....................................................................................... 5
Budget Authority and Congressional Budget Office Estimate .............. 5
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 7
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 7
Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 7
Statement on Duplication of Federal Programs .................................................... 7
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 8
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ................. 8
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