House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 25, 2014
- Committee actionSep 10, 2014
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 3, 2014 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 484.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4971.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4971, Ask Veterans Act” on September 23, 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 23, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45744
- CBO publication date
- September 23, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4971, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4971
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-645 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on December 3, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 3, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/645
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4971, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4971
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4ad132f8ad04b43b34a9ed6c6be521baa4f647073ffb354e9b0924acd416bcb3
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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. O'ROURKE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5769):Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4971, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4971
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4ad132f8ad04b43b34a9ed6c6be521baa4f647073ffb354e9b0924acd416bcb3
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
32 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 23 Democrats, 1 independent
8 of 32 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Ron Barber (D-AZ), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Bill Flores (R-TX), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Joe Garcia (D-FL), Al Green (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Robert Hurt (R-VA), Steve Israel (D-NY), David Jolly (R-FL), Walter Jones (R-NC), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), John Lewis (D-GA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-CA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Robert Scott (D-VA), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Jackie Walorski (R-IN) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Beto O'Rourke.
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- H.R. 1265 (113th) To require the continuation of tuition assistance programs for members of the Armed Forces for the remainder of fiscal year 2013.
- H.R. 2036 (113th) Foster Children Opportunity Act
- H.R. 3431 (113th) American Families United Act
- H.R. 4303 (113th) Border Enforcement Accountability, Oversight, and Community Engagement Act of 2014
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.