HR 1286
Passed a chamber
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek an agreement with a federally funded research center to assess and improve the forms sent to veterans benefit claimants, and extends a pension payment limit from November 30, 2031 to December 31, 2031.
Official title: Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
13-FEB-2025
Referred
13-FEB-2025
Reported
17-MAY-2025
On the calendar
17-MAY-2025
Passed
19-MAY-2025
Senate
Received
20-MAY-2025
- Requires the VA Secretary to seek an agreement within 30 days of enactment with a federally funded research and development center to assess the forms sent to claimants.
- Requires the assessment to be made with veterans service organizations, veterans advocates, survivor advocates, and laws experts, and submitted to the VA Secretary with recommendations for clearer, better organized forms.
- Requires the VA Secretary to send the assessment to the Veterans' Affairs committees of both chambers within 90 days and implement recommendations that comply with the laws the Secretary administers, completing implementation within two years of starting it.
- Amends 38 U.S.C. 5503(d)(7) by changing the date November 30, 2031 to December 31, 2031 for certain limits on pension payments.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (13-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 19-MAY-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Veterans' Affairs Committee (House)
- Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee
- Veterans' Affairs Committee (Senate)
Armed Forces and National Security
■ 14 R■ 4 D
14 Republicans
4 Democrats