Veterans Accountability Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1804.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1804, Veterans Accountability Act of 2013” on August 9, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on August 1, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 9, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44506

  CBO publication date

  August 9, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1804, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1804

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b7afe1ad0375498b9aabbdf5f97c4ce0440c1088e77926bf5cbde46d26d7181f

• 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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 113-227 ↗; H. Rept. 113-227,Part 2 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on October 7, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 7, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/227
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/227

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1804, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1804

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b7afe1ad0375498b9aabbdf5f97c4ce0440c1088e77926bf5cbde46d26d7181f

  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. HUELSKAMP, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2395):
  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

  62 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1804, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1804

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b7afe1ad0375498b9aabbdf5f97c4ce0440c1088e77926bf5cbde46d26d7181f

  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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