Veterans Employment, Education, and Healthcare Improvement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3016.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3016, Veterans Employment, Education, and Healthcare Improvement Act” on November 19, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 17, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 19, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51024

  CBO publication date

  November 19, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3016, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3016

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c41c77d851509efa16541988f48951a5605eaf6340d871f1506a5aa871d41aa4

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-358 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on December 1, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 1, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/358

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3016, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3016

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c41c77d851509efa16541988f48951a5605eaf6340d871f1506a5aa871d41aa4

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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. WENSTRUP, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 106, July 9, 2015, Page H5031):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 9, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3016, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3016

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c41c77d851509efa16541988f48951a5605eaf6340d871f1506a5aa871d41aa4

  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. 3016, last updated December 6, 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.