House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 29, 2019
- Committee actionJul 30, 2020
- Passed HouseSep 22, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 23, 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. 4908.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4908, Native American Veteran Parity in Access to Care Today Act” on August 31, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 30, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 31, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56532
- CBO publication date
- August 31, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4908, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4908
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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. GALLEGO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 171, October 29, 2019, Page H8595):Article I, Sect 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 29, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 28 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4908, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4908
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8bc284142759adebcb3d126c9886e34f333e60469ece2bb164ad2da3f536421e
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 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4908, last updated December 6, 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
11 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 7 Democrats
4 of 11 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Paul Cook (R-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Kendra Horn (D-OK), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Scott Tipton (R-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ruben Gallego.
- H.R. 6535 (116th) To deem an urban Indian organization and employees thereof to be a part of the Public Health Service for the purposes of certain claims…
- H.R. 6237 (116th) PRC for Native Veterans Act
- H.R. 4957 (116th) Native American Child Protection Act
- H.R. 5179 (116th) Tribal Wildlife Corridors Act of 2019
- H.R. 871 (116th) Bears Ears Expansion And Respect for Sovereignty Act
- H.R. 2491 (116th) Roadless Area Conservation 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.