SIT-REP Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4830.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4830, Servicemembers Improved Transition through Reforms for Ensuring Progress Act” on May 10, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 8, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 10, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53847

  CBO publication date

  May 10, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4830, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4830

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d5b1e31cf0631753cd2fa3e3b328592ada7fabe6576a8458feda34068c82e916

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-694 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 21, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 21, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/694

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4830, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4830

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d5b1e31cf0631753cd2fa3e3b328592ada7fabe6576a8458feda34068c82e916

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BILIRAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 11, January 18, 2018, Page H554):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States and Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the Constitution of the United States. Article I, section 8 of the United State Constitution, which grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces; and provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 18, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  474 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4830, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4830

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d5b1e31cf0631753cd2fa3e3b328592ada7fabe6576a8458feda34068c82e916

  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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