To permit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a grant program to conduct cemetery research and produce educational materials for the Veterans Legacy Program.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2385.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2385, a bill to permit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a grant program to conduct cemetery research and produce educational materials for the Veterans Legacy Program” on May 21, 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 21, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55275

  CBO publication date

  May 21, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2385, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2385

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c1c6ea91150144bdb4542be62c11de04db67a32adb5ca4102a1f1f9c5c919200

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-179 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 24, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 24, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/179

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2385, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2385

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c1c6ea91150144bdb4542be62c11de04db67a32adb5ca4102a1f1f9c5c919200

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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. LAMB, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 69, April 29, 2019, Page H3304):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2385, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2385

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c1c6ea91150144bdb4542be62c11de04db67a32adb5ca4102a1f1f9c5c919200

  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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