Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5693.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5693, Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act” on July 19, 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 19, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54224

  CBO publication date

  July 19, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5693, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5693

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bd05e3d8359714a60f4f221bfce487eaf2b4b131e3c3188c2934f601b15c7a9b

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-868 ↗. 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 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/868

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5693, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5693

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bd05e3d8359714a60f4f221bfce487eaf2b4b131e3c3188c2934f601b15c7a9b

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 73, May 7, 2018, Page H3782):
  Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5693, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5693

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bd05e3d8359714a60f4f221bfce487eaf2b4b131e3c3188c2934f601b15c7a9b

  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. 5693, last updated April 7, 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.