VA Political Performance Disclosure Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7713.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERGMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 48, March 19, 2024, Page H1234):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Requires the Secretary of VA to submit to Congress the annual performance plans for VA political appointees no more than 30 days after completion.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 19, 2024 ↗

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  235 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7713, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7713

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c19f4a75fa0060d2198affb047f99118a01ac21e513618d62648756bab8f5ffb

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7713, last updated May 27, 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.