Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4190.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4190, Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act” on January 8, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on December 5, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 8, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59864

  CBO publication date

  January 8, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4190, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4190

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-655 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 9, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 9, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/655

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4190, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4190

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 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. TRONE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 105, June 15, 2023, Page H2961):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: To support veterans.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  126 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4190, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4190

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0da1a0711c1f22211e8901dd15601a5c97d7ef336922034bb120e2baa6573f2d

  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. 4190, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.