EVEST Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4673.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4673, Ensuring Veterans’ Smooth Transition Act” on December 13, 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, December 13, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57691

  CBO publication date

  December 13, 2021

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4673, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4673

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  56d4bbb0194761c594b728584843ac4dce43ddd32f3391194d2a11644bc7c6e0

• 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.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-223 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on January 6, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 6, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/223

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4673, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4673

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  56d4bbb0194761c594b728584843ac4dce43ddd32f3391194d2a11644bc7c6e0

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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. TAKANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 129, July 22, 2021, Page H3846):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4673, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4673

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  56d4bbb0194761c594b728584843ac4dce43ddd32f3391194d2a11644bc7c6e0

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4673, 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.