Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1530.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1530, Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2023” on May 19, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on April 28, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59171

  CBO publication date

  May 19, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1530, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1530

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e7602ab162c7f38f14de822f3f1d340ed657dcb138aa1ca74d8978c654e901f4

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-199 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 14, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 14, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/199

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1530, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1530

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e7602ab162c7f38f14de822f3f1d340ed657dcb138aa1ca74d8978c654e901f4

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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. LUTTRELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 46, March 10, 2023, Pages H1279-H1280):
  Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof''. The single subject of this legislation is: Veteran Affairs
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  363 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1530, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1530

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e7602ab162c7f38f14de822f3f1d340ed657dcb138aa1ca74d8978c654e901f4

  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. 1530, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.