Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency Medical Staffing Recruitment and Retention Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4150.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4150, Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency Medical Staffing Recruitment and Retention Act” on October 13, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 21, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 13, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52102

  CBO publication date

  October 13, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4150, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4150

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9d53d739316a3153426494118c7cb51e56d2b58169b77fbeb6e2af9c6a96fc99

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-811 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on November 14, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 14, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/811

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4150, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4150

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9d53d739316a3153426494118c7cb51e56d2b58169b77fbeb6e2af9c6a96fc99

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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. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 173, December 1, 2015, Page H8860):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 1, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4150, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4150

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9d53d739316a3153426494118c7cb51e56d2b58169b77fbeb6e2af9c6a96fc99

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4150, last updated December 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.