Veterans Affairs Transfer of Information and Sharing of Disability Examination Procedures With DOD Doctors Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 228.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WITTMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 7, January 9, 2023, Page H114):
  Article I, Section 8. Clause 18: The Congress shall have 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 in any Department of Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  295 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 228, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/228

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a165eeec62488d50b89763822c8774843476fa043250be3a70f2ee4c378f2c0b

  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 CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 228, last updated April 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.