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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1786.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1786, Get Rewarding Outdoor Work for our Veterans Act” on September 26, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 20, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59582

  CBO publication date

  September 26, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1786, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1786

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5cda921485a5f78fe4be15d6713440ff22058ab1cbfeb9971eb73aea27a9ae2e

• 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.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-715 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 22, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 22, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/715

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1786, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1786

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5cda921485a5f78fe4be15d6713440ff22058ab1cbfeb9971eb73aea27a9ae2e

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LEVIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 54, March 24, 2023, Page H1438):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Veteran Employment
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  107 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1786, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1786

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5cda921485a5f78fe4be15d6713440ff22058ab1cbfeb9971eb73aea27a9ae2e

  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. 1786, 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.