VA Equal Employment Opportunity Counselor Modernization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2788.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2788, VA Equal Employment Opportunity Counselor Modernization Act” on May 13, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 4, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57212

  CBO publication date

  May 13, 2021

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2788, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2788

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-35 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 17, 2021.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 17, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/35

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2788, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2788

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c220dc993ee363c2b7b69b811853c72210067d7b80487082d1cbb8180f3c7ef0

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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. 167, No. 70, April 22, 2021, Page H2108):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 22, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2788, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2788

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c220dc993ee363c2b7b69b811853c72210067d7b80487082d1cbb8180f3c7ef0

  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. 2788, last updated May 28, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.