House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
VA Reporting Transparency Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 4, 2019
- Committee actionOct 16, 2019
- Passed HouseFeb 25, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 27, 2020 — 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. 4613.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4613, VA Reporting Transparency 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/55774
- CBO publication date
- October 28, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4613, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4613
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 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. ROSE of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 159, October 4, 2019, Page H8096):Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 4, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 302 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4613, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4613
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
023e04737c347d1a157a008c04b24bf87dacf15fff87164dffe7591652d10e3a
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. 4613, 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.
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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), W. Steube (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
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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.