To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays members of the Armed Forces for certain contributions made by such members towards Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5918.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5918, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays members of the Armed Forces for certain contributions made by such members towards Post-9/11 Educational Assistance” on September 27, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 21, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58521

  CBO publication date

  September 27, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5918, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5918

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ca36d7da42fe0902724bc011bf352d5cbe9e74a4f0fb73196c60aec64d9e0102

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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. BANKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 196, November 9, 2021, Page H6242):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 9, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  270 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5918, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5918

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ca36d7da42fe0902724bc011bf352d5cbe9e74a4f0fb73196c60aec64d9e0102

  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.

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