VET CARE Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2628.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2628, Veterans Early Treatment for Chronic Ailment Resurgence through Examinations Act of 2019” on March 25, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on March 12, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 25, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56298

  CBO publication date

  March 25, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2628, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2628

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  918d4447958637b1aef1342f0ea065b9b05fc39df2577534d2a6b71eac8bfed6

• 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.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BILIRAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 77, May 9, 2019, Page H3680):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States and Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the Constitution of the United States. Article I, section 8 of the United State Constitution, which grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces; and provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 9, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  474 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2628, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2628

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  918d4447958637b1aef1342f0ea065b9b05fc39df2577534d2a6b71eac8bfed6

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2628, 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.