VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5974.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5974, Department of Veterans Affairs Creation of On-Site Treatment Systems Affording Veterans Improvements and Numerous General Safety Enhancements 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/54226

  CBO publication date

  July 19, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5974, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5974

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  970d347b482f8874dae36984d23c49211062daf43ed6063bbc2eccfa56c19827

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-869 ↗. 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/869

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5974, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5974

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  970d347b482f8874dae36984d23c49211062daf43ed6063bbc2eccfa56c19827

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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. DENHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 87, May 25, 2018, Page H4732):
  Article I, Section 8, US Constitution. By Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Puerto Rico: H.R. 5975. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution ``All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.'' Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2018 ↗

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  Statement length

  721 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5974, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5974

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  970d347b482f8874dae36984d23c49211062daf43ed6063bbc2eccfa56c19827

  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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