Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act

Key: what the circles and colors mean

Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:

IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law (gold)Resolution agreed to (full, dark)Failed or vetoed (gray)

Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.

Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.

R BresnahanSponsor

18 cosponsors · 4 D, 14 R

5 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

House Introduced Feb 13, 2025
House Passed May 19, 2025 386–1

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.

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Nicholas Begich	R	AK-AL	Yea
Barry Moore	R	AL-1	Yea
Shomari Figures	D	AL-2	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Yea
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Yea
Dale Strong	R	AL-5	Yea
Gary Palmer	R	AL-6	Yea
Terri Sewell	D	AL-7	Yea
Rick Crawford	R	AR-1	Yea
J. Hill	R	AR-2	Not Voting
Steve Womack	R	AR-3	Yea
Bruce Westerman	R	AR-4	Yea
David Schweikert	R	AZ-1	Yea
Eli Crane	R	AZ-2	Yea
Yassamin Ansari	D	AZ-3	Yea
Greg Stanton	D	AZ-4	Not Voting
Andy Biggs	R	AZ-5	Yea
Juan Ciscomani	R	AZ-6	Yea
Abraham Hamadeh	R	AZ-8	Yea
Paul Gosar	R	AZ-9	Yea
Doug LaMalfa	R	CA-1	Yea
Mark DeSaulnier	D	CA-10	Yea
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-11	Not Voting
Lateefah Simon	D	CA-12	Yea
Adam Gray	D	CA-13	Yea
Eric Swalwell	D	CA-14	Yea
Kevin Mullin	D	CA-15	Yea
Sam Liccardo	D	CA-16	Yea
Ro Khanna	D	CA-17	Yea
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-18	Yea
Jimmy Panetta	D	CA-19	Yea
Jared Huffman	D	CA-2	Not Voting
Vince Fong	R	CA-20	Yea
Jim Costa	D	CA-21	Yea
David Valadao	R	CA-22	Yea
Jay Obernolte	R	CA-23	Yea
Salud Carbajal	D	CA-24	Yea
Raul Ruiz	D	CA-25	Yea
Julia Brownley	D	CA-26	Yea
George Whitesides	D	CA-27	Yea
Judy Chu	D	CA-28	Yea
Luz Rivas	D	CA-29	Yea
Kevin Kiley	R	CA-3	Yea
Laura Friedman	D	CA-30	Yea
Gilbert Cisneros	D	CA-31	Yea
Brad Sherman	D	CA-32	Yea
Pete Aguilar	D	CA-33	Not Voting
Jimmy Gomez	D	CA-34	Yea
Norma Torres	D	CA-35	Yea
Ted Lieu	D	CA-36	Yea
Sydney Kamlager-Dove	D	CA-37	Yea
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-38	Yea
Mark Takano	D	CA-39	Yea
Mike Thompson	D	CA-4	Yea
Young Kim	R	CA-40	Yea
Ken Calvert	R	CA-41	Yea
Robert Garcia	D	CA-42	Not Voting
Maxine Waters	D	CA-43	Yea
Nanette Barragán	D	CA-44	Not Voting
Derek Tran	D	CA-45	Yea
J. Correa	D	CA-46	Yea
Dave Min	D	CA-47	Yea
Darrell Issa	R	CA-48	Yea
Mike Levin	D	CA-49	Yea
Tom McClintock	R	CA-5	Yea
Scott Peters	D	CA-50	Yea
Sara Jacobs	D	CA-51	Yea
Juan Vargas	D	CA-52	Yea
Ami Bera	D	CA-6	Yea
Doris Matsui	D	CA-7	Yea
John Garamendi	D	CA-8	Yea
Josh Harder	D	CA-9	Yea
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Yea
Joe Neguse	D	CO-2	Yea
Jeff Hurd	R	CO-3	Not Voting
Lauren Boebert	R	CO-4	Yea
Jeff Crank	R	CO-5	Yea
Jason Crow	D	CO-6	Yea
Brittany Pettersen	D	CO-7	Yea
Gabe Evans	R	CO-8	Yea
John Larson	D	CT-1	Yea
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	Not Voting
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Not Voting
Jim Himes	D	CT-4	Yea
Jahana Hayes	D	CT-5	Yea
Sarah McBride	D	DE-AL	Yea
Jimmy Patronis	R	FL-1	Yea
Maxwell Frost	D	FL-10	Yea
Daniel Webster	R	FL-11	Yea
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-12	Not Voting
Anna Luna	R	FL-13	Not Voting
Kathy Castor	D	FL-14	Yea
Laurel Lee	R	FL-15	Yea
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-16	Not Voting
W. Steube	R	FL-17	Yea
C. Franklin	R	FL-18	Yea
Byron Donalds	R	FL-19	Yea
Neal Dunn	R	FL-2	Yea
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick	D	FL-20	Yea
Brian Mast	R	FL-21	Yea
Lois Frankel	D	FL-22	Yea
Jared Moskowitz	D	FL-23	Yea
Frederica Wilson	D	FL-24	Yea
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-25	Yea
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-26	Yea
Maria Salazar	R	FL-27	Yea
Carlos Gimenez	R	FL-28	Yea
Kat Cammack	R	FL-3	Yea
Aaron Bean	R	FL-4	Yea
John Rutherford	R	FL-5	Yea
Randy Fine	R	FL-6	Yea
Cory Mills	R	FL-7	Yea
Mike Haridopolos	R	FL-8	Yea
Darren Soto	D	FL-9	Yea
Buddy Carter	R	GA-1	Yea
Mike Collins	R	GA-10	Yea
Barry Loudermilk	R	GA-11	Yea
Rick Allen	R	GA-12	Yea
David Scott	D	GA-13	Yea
Marjorie Greene	R	GA-14	Yea
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Yea
Brian Jack	R	GA-3	Yea
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	Yea
Nikema Williams	D	GA-5	Yea
Lucy McBath	D	GA-6	Yea
Rich McCormick	R	GA-7	Yea
Austin Scott	R	GA-8	Yea
Andrew Clyde	R	GA-9	Yea
Ed Case	D	HI-1	Yea
Jill Tokuda	D	HI-2	Yea
Mariannette Miller-Meeks	R	IA-1	Not Voting
Ashley Hinson	R	IA-2	Yea
Zachary (Zach) Nunn	R	IA-3	Yea
Randy Feenstra	R	IA-4	Yea
Russ Fulcher	R	ID-1	Yea
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Yea
Jonathan Jackson	D	IL-1	Yea
Brad Schneider	D	IL-10	Yea
Bill Foster	D	IL-11	Yea
Mike Bost	R	IL-12	Yea
Nicole (Nikki) Budzinski	D	IL-13	Yea
Lauren Underwood	D	IL-14	Yea
Mary Miller	R	IL-15	Yea
Darin LaHood	R	IL-16	Yea
Eric Sorensen	D	IL-17	Yea
Robin Kelly	D	IL-2	Yea
Delia Ramirez	D	IL-3	Yea
Chuy García	D	IL-4	Yea
Mike Quigley	D	IL-5	Yea
Sean Casten	D	IL-6	Yea
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Not Voting
Raja Krishnamoorthi	D	IL-8	Yea
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Yea
Frank Mrvan	D	IN-1	Yea
Rudy Yakym	R	IN-2	Yea
Marlin Stutzman	R	IN-3	Yea
James Baird	R	IN-4	Yea
Victoria Spartz	R	IN-5	Not Voting
Jefferson Shreve	R	IN-6	Yea
André Carson	D	IN-7	Yea
Mark Messmer	R	IN-8	Yea
Erin Houchin	R	IN-9	Yea
Tracey Mann	R	KS-1	Yea
Derek Schmidt	R	KS-2	Yea
Sharice Davids	D	KS-3	Yea
Ron Estes	R	KS-4	Yea
James Comer	R	KY-1	Not Voting
Brett Guthrie	R	KY-2	Yea
Morgan McGarvey	D	KY-3	Yea
Thomas Massie	R	KY-4	Yea
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Yea
Andy Barr	R	KY-6	Yea
Steve Scalise	R	LA-1	Not Voting
Troy Carter	D	LA-2	Yea
Clay Higgins	R	LA-3	Yea
Julia Letlow	R	LA-5	Not Voting
Cleo Fields	D	LA-6	Yea
Richard Neal	D	MA-1	Yea
Jim McGovern	D	MA-2	Yea
Lori Trahan	D	MA-3	Yea
Jake Auchincloss	D	MA-4	Yea
Katherine Clark	D	MA-5	Yea
Seth Moulton	D	MA-6	Yea
Ayanna Pressley	D	MA-7	Yea
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-8	Yea
William Keating	D	MA-9	Yea
Andy Harris	R	MD-1	Yea
Johnny Olszewski	D	MD-2	Yea
Sarah Elfreth	D	MD-3	Yea
Glenn Ivey	D	MD-4	Yea
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Yea
April McClain Delaney	D	MD-6	Yea
Kweisi Mfume	D	MD-7	Not Voting
Jamie Raskin	D	MD-8	Yea
Chellie Pingree	D	ME-1	Yea
Jared Golden	D	ME-2	Yea
Jack Bergman	R	MI-1	Yea
John James	R	MI-10	Yea
Haley Stevens	D	MI-11	Yea
Rashida Tlaib	D	MI-12	Yea
Shri Thanedar	D	MI-13	Yea
John Moolenaar	R	MI-2	Yea
Hillary Scholten	D	MI-3	Yea
Bill Huizenga	R	MI-4	Yea
Tim Walberg	R	MI-5	Yea
Debbie Dingell	D	MI-6	Yea
Tom Barrett	R	MI-7	Yea
Kristen McDonald Rivet	D	MI-8	Yea
Lisa McClain	R	MI-9	Yea
Brad Finstad	R	MN-1	Yea
Angie Craig	D	MN-2	Yea
Kelly Morrison	D	MN-3	Yea
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Yea
Ilhan Omar	D	MN-5	Not Voting
Tom Emmer	R	MN-6	Yea
Michelle Fischbach	R	MN-7	Not Voting
Pete Stauber	R	MN-8	Yea
Wesley Bell	D	MO-1	Yea
Ann Wagner	R	MO-2	Not Voting
Robert Onder	R	MO-3	Yea
Mark Alford	R	MO-4	Yea
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Not Voting
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Yea
Eric Burlison	R	MO-7	Yea
Jason Smith	R	MO-8	Yea
Trent Kelly	R	MS-1	Yea
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Yea
Michael Guest	R	MS-3	Yea
Mike Ezell	R	MS-4	Not Voting
Ryan Zinke	R	MT-1	Yea
Troy Downing	R	MT-2	Yea
Donald Davis	D	NC-1	Yea
Pat Harrigan	R	NC-10	Yea
Charles (Chuck) Edwards	R	NC-11	Yea
Alma Adams	D	NC-12	Yea
Brad Knott	R	NC-13	Yea
Tim Moore	R	NC-14	Yea
Deborah Ross	D	NC-2	Yea
Gregory Murphy	R	NC-3	Yea
Valerie Foushee	D	NC-4	Yea
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Yea
Addison McDowell	R	NC-6	Yea
David Rouzer	R	NC-7	Yea
Mark Harris	R	NC-8	Yea
Richard Hudson	R	NC-9	Yea
Julie Fedorchak	R	ND-AL	Yea
Mike Flood	R	NE-1	Yea
Don Bacon	R	NE-2	Yea
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	Not Voting
Chris Pappas	D	NH-1	Yea
Maggie Goodlander	D	NH-2	Yea
Donald Norcross	D	NJ-1	Not Voting
LaMonica McIver	D	NJ-10	Yea
Mikie Sherrill	D	NJ-11	Not Voting
Bonnie Watson Coleman	D	NJ-12	Yea
Jefferson Van Drew	R	NJ-2	Yea
Herbert Conaway	D	NJ-3	Yea
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Yea
Josh Gottheimer	D	NJ-5	Not Voting
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Yea
Thomas Kean	R	NJ-7	Yea
Robert Menendez	D	NJ-8	Yea
Nellie Pou	D	NJ-9	Yea
Melanie Stansbury	D	NM-1	Yea
Gabriel (Gabe) Vasquez	D	NM-2	Yea
Teresa Leger Fernandez	D	NM-3	Yea
Dina Titus	D	NV-1	Yea
Mark Amodei	R	NV-2	Yea
Susie Lee	D	NV-3	Yea
Steven Horsford	D	NV-4	Yea
Nicolas LaLota	R	NY-1	Yea
Dan Goldman	D	NY-10	Not Voting
Nicole Malliotakis	R	NY-11	Not Voting
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-12	Yea
Adriano Espaillat	D	NY-13	Yea
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	D	NY-14	Yea
Ritchie Torres	D	NY-15	Yea
George Latimer	D	NY-16	Yea
Michael Lawler	R	NY-17	Yea
Patrick Ryan	D	NY-18	Yea
Josh Riley	D	NY-19	Yea
Andrew Garbarino	R	NY-2	Not Voting
Paul Tonko	D	NY-20	Yea
Elise Stefanik	R	NY-21	Yea
John Mannion	D	NY-22	Not Voting
Nicholas Langworthy	R	NY-23	Yea
Claudia Tenney	R	NY-24	Yea
Joseph Morelle	D	NY-25	Yea
Timothy Kennedy	D	NY-26	Yea
Thomas Suozzi	D	NY-3	Yea
Laura Gillen	D	NY-4	Yea
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-5	Yea
Grace Meng	D	NY-6	Not Voting
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-7	Yea
Hakeem Jeffries	D	NY-8	Yea
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-9	Yea
Greg Landsman	D	OH-1	Yea
Michael Turner	R	OH-10	Yea
Shontel Brown	D	OH-11	Yea
Troy Balderson	R	OH-12	Yea
Emilia Sykes	D	OH-13	Yea
David Joyce	R	OH-14	Yea
Mike Carey	R	OH-15	Yea
David Taylor	R	OH-2	Yea
Joyce Beatty	D	OH-3	Yea
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	Yea
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	Yea
Michael Rulli	R	OH-6	Yea
Max Miller	R	OH-7	Yea
Warren Davidson	R	OH-8	Not Voting
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Yea
Kevin Hern	R	OK-1	Yea
Josh Brecheen	R	OK-2	Yea
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Yea
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Yea
Stephanie Bice	R	OK-5	Not Voting
Suzanne Bonamici	D	OR-1	Yea
Cliff Bentz	R	OR-2	Yea
Maxine Dexter	D	OR-3	Yea
Valerie Hoyle	D	OR-4	Yea
Janelle Bynum	D	OR-5	Yea
Andrea Salinas	D	OR-6	Yea
Brian Fitzpatrick	R	PA-1	Yea
Scott Perry	R	PA-10	Yea
Lloyd Smucker	R	PA-11	Yea
Summer Lee	D	PA-12	Yea
John Joyce	R	PA-13	Yea
Guy Reschenthaler	R	PA-14	Yea
Glenn Thompson	R	PA-15	Yea
Mike Kelly	R	PA-16	Not Voting
Chris Deluzio	D	PA-17	Yea
Brendan Boyle	D	PA-2	Yea
Dwight Evans	D	PA-3	Yea
Madeleine Dean	D	PA-4	Not Voting
Mary Scanlon	D	PA-5	Yea
Chrissy Houlahan	D	PA-6	Yea
Ryan Mackenzie	R	PA-7	Yea
Robert Bresnahan	R	PA-8	Yea
Daniel Meuser	R	PA-9	Not Voting
Gabe Amo	D	RI-1	Yea
Seth Magaziner	D	RI-2	Yea
Nancy Mace	R	SC-1	Yea
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Yea
Sheri Biggs	R	SC-3	Yea
William Timmons	R	SC-4	Yea
Ralph Norman	R	SC-5	Nay
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Yea
Russell Fry	R	SC-7	Yea
Dusty Johnson	R	SD-AL	Yea
Diana Harshbarger	R	TN-1	Yea
Tim Burchett	R	TN-2	Yea
Chuck Fleischmann	R	TN-3	Yea
Scott DesJarlais	R	TN-4	Yea
Andrew Ogles	R	TN-5	Yea
John Rose	R	TN-6	Yea
Mark Green	R	TN-7	Yea
David Kustoff	R	TN-8	Yea
Steve Cohen	D	TN-9	Yea
Nathaniel Moran	R	TX-1	Yea
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Not Voting
August Pfluger	R	TX-11	Yea
Craig Goldman	R	TX-12	Yea
Ronny Jackson	R	TX-13	Yea
Randy Weber	R	TX-14	Yea
Mónica De La Cruz	R	TX-15	Yea
Veronica Escobar	D	TX-16	Yea
Pete Sessions	R	TX-17	Yea
Jodey Arrington	R	TX-19	Yea
Dan Crenshaw	R	TX-2	Yea
Joaquin Castro	D	TX-20	Yea
Chip Roy	R	TX-21	Yea
Troy Nehls	R	TX-22	Not Voting
Tony Gonzales	R	TX-23	Yea
Beth Van Duyne	R	TX-24	Yea
Roger Williams	R	TX-25	Yea
Brandon Gill	R	TX-26	Yea
Michael Cloud	R	TX-27	Yea
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Yea
Sylvia Garcia	D	TX-29	Yea
Keith Self	R	TX-3	Yea
Jasmine Crockett	D	TX-30	Yea
John Carter	R	TX-31	Yea
Julie Johnson	D	TX-32	Yea
Marc Veasey	D	TX-33	Yea
Vicente Gonzalez	D	TX-34	Yea
Gregorio Casar	D	TX-35	Not Voting
Brian Babin	R	TX-36	Yea
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-37	Yea
Wesley Hunt	R	TX-38	Not Voting
Pat Fallon	R	TX-4	Yea
Lance Gooden	R	TX-5	Yea
Jake Ellzey	R	TX-6	Yea
Lizzie Fletcher	D	TX-7	Yea
Morgan Luttrell	R	TX-8	Yea
Al Green	D	TX-9	Yea
Blake Moore	R	UT-1	Yea
Celeste Maloy	R	UT-2	Yea
Mike Kennedy	R	UT-3	Yea
Burgess Owens	R	UT-4	Yea
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	Yea
Suhas Subramanyam	D	VA-10	Yea
Gerald Connolly	D	VA-11	Not Voting
Jennifer Kiggans	R	VA-2	Not Voting
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Yea
Jennifer McClellan	D	VA-4	Yea
John McGuire	R	VA-5	Yea
Ben Cline	R	VA-6	Yea
Eugene Vindman	D	VA-7	Yea
Donald Beyer	D	VA-8	Yea
H. Griffith	R	VA-9	Yea
Becca Balint	D	VT-AL	Yea
Suzan DelBene	D	WA-1	Yea
Marilyn Strickland	D	WA-10	Yea
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Yea
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez	D	WA-3	Yea
Dan Newhouse	R	WA-4	Yea
Michael Baumgartner	R	WA-5	Yea
Emily Randall	D	WA-6	Yea
Pramila Jayapal	D	WA-7	Yea
Kim Schrier	D	WA-8	Yea
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Yea
Bryan Steil	R	WI-1	Yea
Mark Pocan	D	WI-2	Yea
Derrick Van Orden	R	WI-3	Yea
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Yea
Scott Fitzgerald	R	WI-5	Yea
Glenn Grothman	R	WI-6	Yea
Thomas Tiffany	R	WI-7	Yea
Tony Wied	R	WI-8	Yea
Carol Miller	R	WV-1	Yea
Riley Moore	R	WV-2	Yea
Harriet Hageman	R	WY-AL	Yea

Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · May 19, 2025