Vet Center Eligibility Expansion Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1812.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1812, Vet Center Eligibility Expansion Act” on May 20, 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 20, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55269

  CBO publication date

  May 20, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1812, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1812

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ad382ea83e8082abcc258381cb47cf1074fbeb946fe8c4c45ce0220a32b13157

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-75 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 20, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 20, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/75

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1812, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1812

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ad382ea83e8082abcc258381cb47cf1074fbeb946fe8c4c45ce0220a32b13157

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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. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 48, March 18, 2019, Page H2755):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1812, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1812

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ad382ea83e8082abcc258381cb47cf1074fbeb946fe8c4c45ce0220a32b13157

  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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