Department of Energy Veterans' Health Initiative Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6398.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6398, Department of Energy Veterans’ Health Initiative Act” on July 26, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on July 18, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 26, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54304

  CBO publication date

  July 26, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6398, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6398

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2f74d9bb41760706721c66c253a6622d22516a08000dc7d7a7c0190240410514

• 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. 115-974 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on September 25, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 25, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/974

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6398, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6398

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2f74d9bb41760706721c66c253a6622d22516a08000dc7d7a7c0190240410514

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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. NORMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 120, July 17, 2018, Page H6464):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The Congress shall have Power To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  294 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6398, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6398

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2f74d9bb41760706721c66c253a6622d22516a08000dc7d7a7c0190240410514

  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. 6398, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.