VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2006.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2006, VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act” on July 21, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 19, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 21, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52951

  CBO publication date

  July 21, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2006, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2006

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3188495ce4ffc3dec1b988390eb8feca62124869c3f835f62c32ca77f33eeac7

• 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. 115-246 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 24, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 24, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/246

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2006, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2006

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3188495ce4ffc3dec1b988390eb8feca62124869c3f835f62c32ca77f33eeac7

  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. COFFMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 60, April 6, 2017, Page H2790):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 6, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  62 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2006, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2006

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3188495ce4ffc3dec1b988390eb8feca62124869c3f835f62c32ca77f33eeac7

  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. 2006, last updated December 5, 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.