To amend title 38, United States Code, to exempt transfers of funds from Federal agencies to the Department of Veterans Affairs for nonprofit corporations established under subchapter IV of chapter 73 of such title from certain provisions of the Economy Act, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1947.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1947, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to exempt transfers of funds from Federal agencies to the Department of Veterans Affairs for nonprofit corporations established under subchapter IV of chapter 73 of such title from certain provision” 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

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55272

  CBO publication date

  May 20, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1947, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1947

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d24aac64cff1b205a2706dcc209745922a9f7c9a9f2a4f271f69a74ff1c19c3c

• 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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 116-76,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 116-76 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 21, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 21, 2019 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/76
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/76

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1947, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1947

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d24aac64cff1b205a2706dcc209745922a9f7c9a9f2a4f271f69a74ff1c19c3c

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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. 54, March 28, 2019, Page H2917):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 28, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

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  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1947, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1947

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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  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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