House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Real Justice for Our Veterans Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 22, 2021
- Committee actionJul 22, 2021
- Passed HouseOct 27, 2021 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 28, 2021 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4035.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4035, Real Justice for Our Veterans Act of 2021” on September 17, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 21, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 17, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57465
- CBO publication date
- September 17, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4035, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4035
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-154 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on October 25, 2021.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 25, 2021 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/154
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4035, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4035
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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 Ms. JACKSON LEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 108, June 22, 2021, Page H3006):Article I, Section 8, clauses 1 and 18 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 22, 2021 ↗
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- Statement length
- 80 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4035, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4035
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
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- H.R. 40 (117th) Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.