VA Website Accessibility Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1199.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1199, VA Website Accessibility Act of 2019” on May 16, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 8, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 16, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55256

  CBO publication date

  May 16, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1199, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1199

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bdd05ef1ba4e7a65af84abac17a931c5846d234e456a15ea15f50198049ec70c

• 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. 116-127 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on June 25, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 25, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/127

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1199, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1199

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bdd05ef1ba4e7a65af84abac17a931c5846d234e456a15ea15f50198049ec70c

  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 Mrs. LURIA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 28, February 13, 2019, Page H1585):
  Clause 5 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1199, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1199

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bdd05ef1ba4e7a65af84abac17a931c5846d234e456a15ea15f50198049ec70c

  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. 1199, last updated May 28, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.