Veterans Fiduciary Reform and Honoring Noble Service Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5948.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5948, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the supervision of fiduciaries of veterans under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes” on September 19, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 11, 2012”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43624

  CBO publication date

  September 19, 2012

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5948, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5948

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ae32b5d4d0bd5a88873a996ba92903b62757a436d45138a0a4ba56928e81aba

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-678 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 19, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 19, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/678

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5948, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5948

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ae32b5d4d0bd5a88873a996ba92903b62757a436d45138a0a4ba56928e81aba

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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 H3703):
  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

  83 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5948, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5948

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ae32b5d4d0bd5a88873a996ba92903b62757a436d45138a0a4ba56928e81aba

  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. 5948, 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.