Ensuring VA Employee Accountability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1038.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 31, February 24, 2015, Page H1115):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1038, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1038

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c4c71d0b6103952abcb87a6bfd50170872dcac5356f002ad776e8d58577adfe3

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1038, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.