House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-137
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 21, 2019
- Committee actionOct 29, 2019
- Passed HouseNov 12, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateMar 26, 2020 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentApr 3, 2020
- Became lawApr 10, 2020
Latest action: Apr 10, 2020 — Became Public Law No: 116-137.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4771.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4771, VA Tele-Hearing Modernization Act” on November 8, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on October 29, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 8, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55831
- CBO publication date
- November 8, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4771, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4771
- 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. CUNNINGHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 166, October 21, 2019, Page H8298):Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 1 ``The Congress shall have Power To . . . provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States;'' Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18 ``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 in any Department or Officer thereof''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 21, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 395 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4771, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4771
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b83c547fa96c1ccc994822dfc7a3fc5b1fba704ee89683f1040ab176c46e0f66
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. 4771, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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.