Ethical Patient Care for Veterans Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5399.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5399, Ethical Patient Care for Veterans Act of 2016” on October 14, 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 14, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52108

  CBO publication date

  October 14, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5399, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5399

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3c875dc0c5a8f8ca3835c16de70b361910f2c3a1aa341b9a13e9f0352bca393e

• 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. 114-815 ↗. 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/815

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5399, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5399

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3c875dc0c5a8f8ca3835c16de70b361910f2c3a1aa341b9a13e9f0352bca393e

  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. ROE of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 89, June 7, 2016, Page H3503):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the Unites States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 7, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5399, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5399

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3c875dc0c5a8f8ca3835c16de70b361910f2c3a1aa341b9a13e9f0352bca393e

  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. 5399, 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.