Veterans Affairs Medical Scribe Pilot Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1848.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1848, Veterans Affairs Medical Scribe Pilot Act of 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/52747

  CBO publication date

  May 19, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1848, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1848

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2a85f2483dd56a69ce922ac8bc39cd2ff5e8eb20d47504d40e810ded7b83363d

• 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. 115-151 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 23, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 23, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/151

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1848, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1848

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2a85f2483dd56a69ce922ac8bc39cd2ff5e8eb20d47504d40e810ded7b83363d

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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. ROE of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 57, April 3, 2017, Page H2629):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 3, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1848, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1848

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2a85f2483dd56a69ce922ac8bc39cd2ff5e8eb20d47504d40e810ded7b83363d

  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. 1848, 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.