To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of certain additional periods of active duty service for purposes of suspending charges to veterans' entitlement to educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs during periods of suspended participation in vocational rehabilitation programs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5538.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5538, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of certain additional periods of active-duty service for purposes of suspending charges to veterans’ entitlement to educational assistance under the laws administered...” 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

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54220

  CBO publication date

  July 18, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5538, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5538

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-870 ↗. 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 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/870

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5538, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5538

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. PETERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 62, April 17, 2018, Page H3396):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2018 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5538, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5538

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1cbed2627ed0c94c0fc5be8e4de137a37beb56dccf63819ee4772741ac672716

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