Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3122.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3122, Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2017” on October 20, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on October 12, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 20, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53229

  CBO publication date

  October 20, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3122, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3122

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  59742be15f8ba9f60fe0ace5860e6f3233f3d3497117e077499364c86b305154

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-385 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on November 6, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 6, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/385

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3122, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3122

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  59742be15f8ba9f60fe0ace5860e6f3233f3d3497117e077499364c86b305154

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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. CARTWRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 112, June 29, 2017, Page H5377):
  Article I; Section 8; Clause 1 of the Constitution states that 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; Article I, Section 8, Clause 12: To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years. Article I, Section 8, Clause 13: To provide and maintain a Navy.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 29, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  449 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3122, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3122

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  59742be15f8ba9f60fe0ace5860e6f3233f3d3497117e077499364c86b305154

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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