House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 22, 2021
- Committee actionJul 29, 2021
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 28, 2021 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4625.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4625, VA Caregiver Transparency Act” on October 29, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 28, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 29, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57590
- CBO publication date
- October 29, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4625, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4625
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERGMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 129, July 22, 2021, Page H3845):Article One, Section Eight of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 60 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4625, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4625
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a8687942513d401639917554f52cbbaa19719afbac7d1d7e88ff8d8903b942e6
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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4625, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 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
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Mike Bost (R-IL), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Chris Pappas (D-NH).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jack Bergman.
- H.R. 1281 (117th) To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Gaylord, Michigan, as the "Navy Corpsman Steve Andrews…
- H.R. 4626 (117th) VA Assessment by Independent Measures Act
- H.R. 6970 (117th) FIND Act
- H.R. 4624 (117th) Guaranteeing Healthcare Access to Personnel Who Served Act
- H.R. 504 (117th) To direct the Secretary of State to establish a unit within the Office of the Inspector General to audit United States contributions to…
- H.R. 5553 (117th) To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from providing or paying for surgical treatment related to gender transition.
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.