Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1200.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1200, Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment 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/55255

  CBO publication date

  May 16, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1200, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1200

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7dacbd3f33920403340375af4fa160a3fb867d837274cea6415ec1a992a41c2b

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-68 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 16, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 16, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/68

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1200, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1200

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7dacbd3f33920403340375af4fa160a3fb867d837274cea6415ec1a992a41c2b

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• 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. 1200, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1200

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7dacbd3f33920403340375af4fa160a3fb867d837274cea6415ec1a992a41c2b

  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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