Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5418.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5418, Veterans Affairs Medical-Surgical Purchasing Stabilization Act” on May 15, 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 15, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53875

  CBO publication date

  May 15, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5418, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5418

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f082db0a365676b1ec640814ef47aa47fd5f80fb9a3e9038b99badd9096cffd7

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-693 ↗. 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/693

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5418, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5418

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f082db0a365676b1ec640814ef47aa47fd5f80fb9a3e9038b99badd9096cffd7

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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. 53, March 29, 2018, Page H3052):
  Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 29, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  62 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5418, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5418

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f082db0a365676b1ec640814ef47aa47fd5f80fb9a3e9038b99badd9096cffd7

  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. 5418, last updated December 5, 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.