# H.R. 1039 (119th): Clear Communication for Veterans Claims Act

Clear Communication for Veterans Claims Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center to assess notices that the VA sends to claimants applying for or submitting claims for VA benefits. The VA must report on the findings of the assessment and implement recommendations in the assessment. The bill also extends certain loan fee rates through June 23, 2034, under the VA's home loan program.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: administration. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: benefits_administration. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: communication. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: housing_benefits. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: veterans. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: veterans_affairs. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 90: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure is primarily a prudential administrative improvement, with a modest justice-oriented goal of clearer notices for veterans and an ordinary housing-benefit extension. It does not directly restrain a named evil or advance a named moral harm, so it is classed as mixed/prudential rather than good or evil.
Theological note: The bill concerns fair and clear communication with veterans seeking benefits, which relates to honest dealing and due care toward those who served. Its main provisions are administrative, and the loan fee extension is a fiscal policy matter. The issue touches justice to veterans but does not directly restrain or advance a named moral evil.

## Recorded votes

Roll 90: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Yea 412 · Nay 0 · Other 21.

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