Hiring Preference for Veterans and Americans With Disabilities Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4486.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4486, Hiring Preference for Veterans and Americans With Disabilities Act” on June 6, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on House Administration on April 15, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 6, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60388

  CBO publication date

  June 6, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4486, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4486

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 23, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  63881bc524682b6fbcf1ac50ef8b8f963338636421423c78bf71101a38065314

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-461 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on April 15, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 15, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/461

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4486, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4486

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 23, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  63881bc524682b6fbcf1ac50ef8b8f963338636421423c78bf71101a38065314

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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. MIKE GARCIA of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 116, July 6, 2023, Page H3172):
  Article 1, Section 4, Clause 1 The single subject of this legislation is: Improving certain classes of individuals ability to serve as election workers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 6, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  152 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4486, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4486

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 23, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  63881bc524682b6fbcf1ac50ef8b8f963338636421423c78bf71101a38065314

  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. 4486, last updated June 23, 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.