Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1412.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1412, Improving Job Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2013” on May 17, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 8, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 17, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44242

  CBO publication date

  May 17, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1412, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1412

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ed97a74df6b8a06197af3255b02903cbf0ef400e075fd4bf6fa7fb6fbd819cb

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1412, Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2013” on September 18, 2013. CBO’s description reads “Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects for the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (BAG13370)”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 18, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44593

  CBO publication date

  September 18, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1412, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1412

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ed97a74df6b8a06197af3255b02903cbf0ef400e075fd4bf6fa7fb6fbd819cb

• 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. 113-64 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 17, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 17, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/64

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1412, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1412

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ed97a74df6b8a06197af3255b02903cbf0ef400e075fd4bf6fa7fb6fbd819cb

  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. COFFMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1858):
  Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  62 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1412, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1412

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ed97a74df6b8a06197af3255b02903cbf0ef400e075fd4bf6fa7fb6fbd819cb

  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. 1412, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.