CHIP IN for Vets Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5099.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5099, Communities Helping Invest through Property Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of 2016” on October 26, 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 26, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52136

  CBO publication date

  October 26, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5099, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5099

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c7ab631ae8e5de7d9d5ac28a1efe5c143bc036c2f1c2872c87790bf44348367a

• 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. 114-814 ↗. 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/814

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5099, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5099

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c7ab631ae8e5de7d9d5ac28a1efe5c143bc036c2f1c2872c87790bf44348367a

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ASHFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 66, April 28, 2016, Page H2109):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5099, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5099

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c7ab631ae8e5de7d9d5ac28a1efe5c143bc036c2f1c2872c87790bf44348367a

  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. 5099, 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.