VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1545.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1545, VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017” on May 19, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 17, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52745

  CBO publication date

  May 19, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1545, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1545

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d821248cd1a7b78608c43bcfa1e77abbf4ffbb6b618d72964dfac3183d9a8c29

• 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. 115-144 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 22, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 22, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/144

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1545, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1545

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d821248cd1a7b78608c43bcfa1e77abbf4ffbb6b618d72964dfac3183d9a8c29

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 45, March 15, 2017, Page H2083):
  Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 15, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  303 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1545, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1545

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d821248cd1a7b78608c43bcfa1e77abbf4ffbb6b618d72964dfac3183d9a8c29

  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. 1545, 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.