House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Reducing High Risk to Veterans and Veterans Services Act
Sponsor: Rep. Chris Pappas D-NHWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 24, 2019
- Committee actionOct 16, 2019
- Passed HouseNov 12, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 13, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4477.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4477, Reducing High Risk to Veterans and Veterans Services Act” on October 28, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on October 16, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 28, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55778
- CBO publication date
- October 28, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4477, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4477
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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. PAPPAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 154, September 24, 2019, Page H7903):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, authorized by Congress' power to ``provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 24, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 165 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4477, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4477
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4477, last updated December 5, 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.
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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chris Pappas.
- H.R. 5245 (116th) SHIELD for Veterans Act
- H.R. 6829 (116th) EMPIL–DOC Act
- H.Res. 1209 (116th) Expressing support for Supreme Court decisions affirming the constitutionally protected right of same-sex couples to marry.
- H.R. 6697 (116th) Local Chamber, Tourism, and 501(c)(6) Protection Act of 2020
- H.R. 5036 (116th) Put Patients First Act
- H.R. 2931 (116th) SERVE Act of 2019
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.