House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Department of Veterans Affairs Principles of Benefits Automation Act
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Bost R-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 2022
- Committee actionApr 6, 2022
- Passed HouseMay 17, 2022 · 410–3
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 18, 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. 7153.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7153, Department of Veterans Affairs Principles of Benefits Automation Act” on May 10, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on April 6, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 10, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58079
- CBO publication date
- May 10, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7153, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7153
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0283737869107b663159f847ed9bd8bf0e3629de591563aa7d201090493a6508
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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. BOST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 49, March 18, 2022, Page H3854):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which states ``[t]he Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States''.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 336 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7153, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7153
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0283737869107b663159f847ed9bd8bf0e3629de591563aa7d201090493a6508
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.
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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
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. Mike Bost.
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- H.R. 2082 (117th) VA Supply Chain Resiliency 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.