Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1769.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1769, Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2016” on May 17, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on February 25, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 17, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51584

  CBO publication date

  May 17, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1769, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1769

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2761feca43051362a6a433e10d5a099e6df3b97aa208ce258358c0847358d6f2

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-592 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 24, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 24, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/592

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1769, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1769

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2761feca43051362a6a433e10d5a099e6df3b97aa208ce258358c0847358d6f2

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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. BENISHEK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 53, April 14, 2015, Page H2210):
  The United States Constitution, Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 14, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  52 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1769, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1769

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2761feca43051362a6a433e10d5a099e6df3b97aa208ce258358c0847358d6f2

  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. 1769, 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.