Protecting Veterans' Educational Choice Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5047.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5047, Protecting Veterans’ Educational Choice Act of 2016” on October 13, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 21, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 13, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52103

  CBO publication date

  October 13, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5047, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5047

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  89ae8f212a9b12cee232328c001055966b1f380e4126fd2ad645eaedb521baf1

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-813 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on November 14, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 14, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/813

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5047, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5047

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  89ae8f212a9b12cee232328c001055966b1f380e4126fd2ad645eaedb521baf1

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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. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 63, April 25, 2016, Page H1944):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 of the United States Constitution which states that Congress shall have the power ``To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years.'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 13 of the United States Constitution which states that Congress shall have the power ``To provide and maintain a Navy.'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States Constitution which states that Congress shall have the power ``To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution which states that Congress shall have the power ``To…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 25, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  949 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5047, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5047

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  89ae8f212a9b12cee232328c001055966b1f380e4126fd2ad645eaedb521baf1

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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