House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Comprehensive Department of Veterans Affairs Performance Management and Accountability Reform Act of 2014
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Michaud D-MEWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 4, 2014
- Committee actionSep 10, 2014
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 10, 2014 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4399.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4399, Comprehensive Department of Veterans Affairs Performance Management and Reform Act of 2014” on September 25, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 10, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 25, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45750
- CBO publication date
- September 25, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4399, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4399
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MICHAUD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2961):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 135 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4399, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4399
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2ecedcc78205f3c0ce616f4098f8af767e0b42f4d06c110a5aa28f646c759d5c
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4399, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
16 cosponsors — 15 Democrats, 1 independent
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Corrine Brown (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), John Lewis (D-GA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-CA), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Mark Takano (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Michaud.
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- H.R. 3040 (113th) Safe Freight Act
- H.R. 921 (113th) Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act
- H.R. 2088 (113th) To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to establish claims adjudication centers of excellence.
- H.R. 612 (113th) Safe and Efficient Transportation Act of 2013
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.