Veterans Health Care Facilities Capital Improvement Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2646.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2646, Veterans Health Care Facilities Capital Improvement Act of 2011” on September 15, 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 15, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42567

  CBO publication date

  September 15, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2646, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2646

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 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. 112-209 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 15, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/209

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2646, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2646

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  970f91d2c5e96272710393c20b9483c6adeffcfe6e55b6942b537dca91777c9a

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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. JOHNSON of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5580):
  Clauses 12, 13, 14, and 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  86 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2646, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2646

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  970f91d2c5e96272710393c20b9483c6adeffcfe6e55b6942b537dca91777c9a

  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. 2646, 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.