Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4958.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4958, Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2018” on May 10, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 8, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 10, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53842

  CBO publication date

  May 10, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4958, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4958

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  40aaa8c79cdcb5786746a9eb9c890d4480e016346e7de2ece1407030e9f100ac

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-688 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 18, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 18, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/688

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4958, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4958

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  40aaa8c79cdcb5786746a9eb9c890d4480e016346e7de2ece1407030e9f100ac

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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. BOST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 24, February 7, 2018, Page H975):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4958, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4958

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  40aaa8c79cdcb5786746a9eb9c890d4480e016346e7de2ece1407030e9f100ac

  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. 4958, last updated December 4, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.