Vet HP Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2787.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2787, Veterans-Specific Education for Tomorrow’s Health Professionals Act” on July 18, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 12, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 18, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54221

  CBO publication date

  July 18, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2787, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2787

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  20f89080adad0e027e544558c7def0b9daa89314fe89a377bdcb1ee6f946c7da

• 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. 115-867 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 24, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 24, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/867

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2787, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2787

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  20f89080adad0e027e544558c7def0b9daa89314fe89a377bdcb1ee6f946c7da

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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. KAPTUR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 96, June 6, 2017, Page H4647):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Poewrs, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 6, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  265 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2787, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2787

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  20f89080adad0e027e544558c7def0b9daa89314fe89a377bdcb1ee6f946c7da

  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. 2787, 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.