Whole Veteran Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2359.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2359, Whole Veteran 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/55260

  CBO publication date

  May 17, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2359, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2359

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fc1437416398a683700d0034f66fb38283cb0ea7c24c310dd4786bf14110f0b7

• 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. 116-71 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 17, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 17, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/71

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2359, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2359

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fc1437416398a683700d0034f66fb38283cb0ea7c24c310dd4786bf14110f0b7

  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. LAMB, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 68, April 25, 2019, Page H3284):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 25, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2359, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2359

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fc1437416398a683700d0034f66fb38283cb0ea7c24c310dd4786bf14110f0b7

  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. 2359, 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.