Not Just a Number Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4157.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONNOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 105, June 15, 2023, Page H2960):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: The bill requires the VA to examine veterans' usage of their benefits in their annual suicide prevention report to evaluate the relationship between benefits and suicide outcome. The bill also requires the VA to analyze which benefits have the greatest impact on preventing suicide, and require the Department to issue recommendations for expansion of those benefits in their fight to combat veteran suicide.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2023 ↗

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  472 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4157, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4157

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8afe2969c094d3b5632e9c0c9be11944d671ecc7e5f3c85bf6922bd59219c952

  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 CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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