SEA Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2772.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2772, SEA 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

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52949

  CBO publication date

  July 21, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2772, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2772

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-248 ↗. 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 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/248

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2772, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2772

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d64728aa400d621faa8b0cb19866e408390680d13e8bd5e46c9c8a9872b471fb

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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. TAYLOR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 96, June 6, 2017, Page H4647):
  Article 1, Section 8 The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; To borrow money on the credit of the United States; To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; To provide for the…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 6, 2017 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  2,556 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2772, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2772

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d64728aa400d621faa8b0cb19866e408390680d13e8bd5e46c9c8a9872b471fb

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