To improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire and retain physicians and other employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1367.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1367, a bill to improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire and retain physicians and other employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes” on March 10, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on March 8, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 10, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52489

  CBO publication date

  March 10, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1367, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1367

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6184b3bf99117fd88807b912204661e9e6948ff986ca96f8cc964c716b4ed8ee

• 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. 115-35 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on March 10, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 10, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/35

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1367, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1367

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6184b3bf99117fd88807b912204661e9e6948ff986ca96f8cc964c716b4ed8ee

  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. WENSTRUP, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 38, March 6, 2017, Page H1537):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 6, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1367, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1367

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6184b3bf99117fd88807b912204661e9e6948ff986ca96f8cc964c716b4ed8ee

  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. 1367, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.