House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

Mark O’Brien VA Clothing Allowance Improvement Act

H.R. 4772Introduced Jul 28, 2021Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Where it went

IntroducedJul 28, 2021
Committee actionNov 16, 2022
Passed HouseDec 1, 2022
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Dec 5, 2022 — 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. 4772.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4772, Mark O’Brien VA Clothing Allowance Improvement Act” on November 28, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on November 16, 2022”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 28, 2022 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58831
CBO publication date
November 28, 2022
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4772, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4772
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 6, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Estimated Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 4772, the Mark O’Brien VA Clothing Allowance Improvement Act” on November 29, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As Posted to the Website of the Clerk of the House on November 25, 2022”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 29, 2022 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58838
CBO publication date
November 29, 2022
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4772, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4772
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 6, 2025
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 Mr. LEVIN of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 132, July 28, 2021, Page H4251):
Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 28, 2021 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4772, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4772
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 6, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4772, last updated December 6, 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 — 2 Republicans, 4 Democrats

2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.

Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Andy Levin (D-MI), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Barry Moore (R-AL).

More from the sponsor

Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Levin.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-49 district

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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.