Veterans' Benefits Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2349.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2349, Veterans' Benefits Act of 2011” on September 30, 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 30, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42608

  CBO publication date

  September 30, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2349, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2349

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d79f0bf9194dfc96faa6883da03354ea70061752a108c05eabcd682408573764

• 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. 112-241 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on October 6, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 6, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/241

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2349, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2349

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d79f0bf9194dfc96faa6883da03354ea70061752a108c05eabcd682408573764

  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.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUNYAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4575):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  41 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2349, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2349

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d79f0bf9194dfc96faa6883da03354ea70061752a108c05eabcd682408573764

  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. 2349, last updated April 7, 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.