Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4782.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4782, Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2016” on September 9, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 18, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 9, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51982

  CBO publication date

  September 9, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4782, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4782

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  56bcd983feb0a690afeb5ca9a718ebea68bb36705df0959572dfe7fba4d9413b

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-738 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 12, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 12, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/738

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4782, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4782

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  56bcd983feb0a690afeb5ca9a718ebea68bb36705df0959572dfe7fba4d9413b

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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. ABRAHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 43, March 17, 2016, Page H1462):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4782, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4782

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  56bcd983feb0a690afeb5ca9a718ebea68bb36705df0959572dfe7fba4d9413b

  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. 4782, last updated December 4, 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.