FIGHT Veteran Suicides Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2340.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2340, Fostering Intergovernmental Health Transparency in Veteran Suicides Act” on May 17, 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 17, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55259

  CBO publication date

  May 17, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2340, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2340

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  298b695f03ca8c4f573e9bb2b864d43f5902df4a74ae342275f33ec8bd7be150

• 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. 116-77 ↗. 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/77

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2340, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2340

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  298b695f03ca8c4f573e9bb2b864d43f5902df4a74ae342275f33ec8bd7be150

  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 Mr. ROSE of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 66, April 18, 2019, Page H3275):
  Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the 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 any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 18, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  302 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2340, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2340

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  298b695f03ca8c4f573e9bb2b864d43f5902df4a74ae342275f33ec8bd7be150

  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. 2340, last updated April 7, 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.