Veterans Affairs Purchase Card Misuse Mitigation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5215.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5215, Veterans Affairs Purchase Card Misuse Mitigation Act” 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/53838

  CBO publication date

  May 10, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5215, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5215

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ed534f50790d99ca73faa15dc8d5fd2e6fd82f64f47d8617bd66e24b815d231

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-692 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 21, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 21, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/692

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5215, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5215

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ed534f50790d99ca73faa15dc8d5fd2e6fd82f64f47d8617bd66e24b815d231

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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. BERGMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 41, March 8, 2018, Page H1502):
  Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  62 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5215, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5215

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ed534f50790d99ca73faa15dc8d5fd2e6fd82f64f47d8617bd66e24b815d231

  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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