VA Hospitals Establishing Leadership Performance Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5864.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5864, VA Hospitals Establishing Leadership Performance Act” 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

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54222

  CBO publication date

  July 18, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5864, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5864

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  af18244eab92449ef3278451c8b1b3fa60d585167777706dccb95d971d4e8dbf

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-872 ↗. 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/872

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5864, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5864

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  af18244eab92449ef3278451c8b1b3fa60d585167777706dccb95d971d4e8dbf

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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. 81, May 17, 2018, Page H4210):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5864, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5864

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  af18244eab92449ef3278451c8b1b3fa60d585167777706dccb95d971d4e8dbf

  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. 5864, 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.