Veterans Information Modernization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2256.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2256, Veterans Information Modernization Act” on June 23, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 21, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 23, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50344

  CBO publication date

  June 23, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2256, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2256

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-191 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 7, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 7, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/191

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2256, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2256

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 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. BENISHEK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 72, May 12, 2015, Page H2878):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 12, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2256, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2256

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fc9cb8cdab04042702c2b1e3b88e7d7cbc6a7341c7694659781125688030ade5

  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. 2256, 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.