House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 22, 2021
- Committee actionJul 29, 2021
- Passed HouseNov 16, 2021 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 17, 2021 — 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. 4626.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4626, VA Assessment by Independent Measures Act” on October 15, 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 15, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57552
- CBO publication date
- October 15, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4626, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4626
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e9559d102ebbee3fa11a41373aa5103b4c7b5f16448c27c2ef0a3d67d1d0e181
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. 4626, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4626
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e9559d102ebbee3fa11a41373aa5103b4c7b5f16448c27c2ef0a3d67d1d0e181
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. 4626, last updated May 28, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jack Bergman.
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- H.R. 4625 (117th) VA Caregiver Transparency 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.