Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1383.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1383, Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act of 2011” on May 18, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 12, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 18, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41579

  CBO publication date

  May 18, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1383, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1383

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-81 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 20, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 20, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/81

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1383, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1383

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 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. MILLER of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2411):
  Clauses 12, 13, 14, and 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 2, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  72 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1383, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1383

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b2b0f60ab3b025af1017d3fc512821d111330ec7db526604244035e02d78e99c

  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. 1383, last updated July 2, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.