Department of Veterans Affairs Budget Planning Reform Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 216.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 216, Department of Veterans Affairs Budget Planning Reform Act of 2015” on March 4, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on February 12, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 4, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49986

  CBO publication date

  March 4, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 216, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/216

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  20d5d0014108b8217c59cab478aebef05885f04afb7a0e9f4f187955d78d2a58

• 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. 114-48 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on March 23, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 23, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/48

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 216, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/216

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  20d5d0014108b8217c59cab478aebef05885f04afb7a0e9f4f187955d78d2a58

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWN of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 3, January 8, 2015, Page H156):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--``The Congress shall have Power To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  298 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 216, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/216

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  20d5d0014108b8217c59cab478aebef05885f04afb7a0e9f4f187955d78d2a58

  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. 216, last updated April 7, 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.