To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treatment furnished in a non-Department facility, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1377.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1377, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treatment furnished in a non-Department facility, and for other purposes” on March 25, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on March 25, 2009</p>”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 25, 2009 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20526

  CBO publication date

  March 25, 2009

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1377, 111th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1377

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b8f97aca271e66d382a237c073364498f3d3e4cdd5c4b6ad7a47003702102b3a

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1377, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treatment furnished in a non-Department facility, and for other purposes” on March 25, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on March 25, 2009</p>”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 25, 2009 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20527

  CBO publication date

  March 25, 2009

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1377, 111th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1377

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b8f97aca271e66d382a237c073364498f3d3e4cdd5c4b6ad7a47003702102b3a

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1377, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treatment furnished in a non-Department facility, and for other purposes” on March 25, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on March 25, 2009”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 25, 2009 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20526

  CBO publication date

  March 25, 2009

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1377, 111th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1377

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b8f97aca271e66d382a237c073364498f3d3e4cdd5c4b6ad7a47003702102b3a

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1377, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treatment furnished in a non-Department facility, and for other purposes” on March 25, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on March 25, 2009”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 25, 2009 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20527

  CBO publication date

  March 25, 2009

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1377, 111th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1377

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b8f97aca271e66d382a237c073364498f3d3e4cdd5c4b6ad7a47003702102b3a

• 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: H. Rept. 111-55 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on March 26, 2009.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 26, 2009 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/55

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1377, 111th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1377

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b8f97aca271e66d382a237c073364498f3d3e4cdd5c4b6ad7a47003702102b3a

  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 H.R. 1377, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.