PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4305.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4305, Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers for Veterans Therapy Act” on January 22, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As introduced in the House of Representatives on September 12, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 22, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56056

  CBO publication date

  January 22, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4305, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4305

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6573726a5102981364a5945233af23f2f2bdae2687a299305b4aa7394df154ce

• 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.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STIVERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 146, September 12, 2019, Page H7706):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 13 The Congress shall have Power to provide and maintain a Navy. Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years. Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 12, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  349 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4305, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4305

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6573726a5102981364a5945233af23f2f2bdae2687a299305b4aa7394df154ce

  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 May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4305, last updated May 28, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.