Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 3421.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3421, A bill to authorize major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, and for other purposes” on August 3, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 22, 2006</p>”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 3, 2006 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18032

  CBO publication date

  August 3, 2006

  Congress.gov bill record

  S. 3421, 109th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/3421

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 27, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4bfdf1b92776dc0acec629d3ac3cbd69b8565325003441cee18db14644bba052

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3421, A bill to authorize major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, and for other purposes” on August 3, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 22, 2006”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 3, 2006 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18032

  CBO publication date

  August 3, 2006

  Congress.gov bill record

  S. 3421, 109th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/3421

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 27, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4bfdf1b92776dc0acec629d3ac3cbd69b8565325003441cee18db14644bba052

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 109-328 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 6, 2006.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 6, 2006 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/328

  Congress.gov bill record

  S. 3421, 109th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/3421

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 27, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4bfdf1b92776dc0acec629d3ac3cbd69b8565325003441cee18db14644bba052

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 3421, last updated March 9, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.