VA Construction Assistance Act of 2014

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3593.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3593, VA Construction Assistance Act of 2013” on September 12, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 10, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 12, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45715

  CBO publication date

  September 12, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3593, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3593

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-586 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 15, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 2014 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/586

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3593, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3593

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. COFFMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H7355-H7356):
  Article I, Section 8, Clauses 12, 14 and 18 of the Constitution of the United States; the authority raise and support an army, to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers. The purpose of the bill is to provide assistance to the VA for their construction activities so that the veteran population has access to healthcare facilities. In order for the U.S. Government to support and regulate our land and naval forces for future engagements, it is necessary and proper for the Congress to legislate the construction of facilities so the current and future…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  744 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3593, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3593

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cd88e4f3f650803a9c1d07006e18a5a472892c5fdccb879afde15bc3c04f451c

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