To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to notify Congress of conferences sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2302.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2302, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to notify Congress of conferences sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs” on September 23, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on September 8, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 23, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42592

  CBO publication date

  September 23, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2302, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2302

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  366e7159f214b7ed19d9e8703e25b2b3c0d2c79d56659ef4894c136beed67b7c

• 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. 112-236 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on October 5, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 5, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/236

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2302, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2302

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  366e7159f214b7ed19d9e8703e25b2b3c0d2c79d56659ef4894c136beed67b7c

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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. STUTZMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4459):
  Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee finds that the Constitutional authority for H.R. XXX is provided by Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  230 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2302, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2302

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  366e7159f214b7ed19d9e8703e25b2b3c0d2c79d56659ef4894c136beed67b7c

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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