Improving VA Accountability To Prevent Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2704.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2704, Improving VA Accountability to Prevent Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Act of 2021” on May 14, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 4, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 14, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57213

  CBO publication date

  May 14, 2021

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2704, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2704

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e6b565f8eeee08774eb542f4680e3d154eeb5b41f5f9436bae82a66ee37e4a0a

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-36 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 17, 2021.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 17, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/36

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2704, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2704

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e6b565f8eeee08774eb542f4680e3d154eeb5b41f5f9436bae82a66ee37e4a0a

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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. 167, No. 68, April 20, 2021, Pages H1999-H2000):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 20, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  65 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2704, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2704

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e6b565f8eeee08774eb542f4680e3d154eeb5b41f5f9436bae82a66ee37e4a0a

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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