VA Supply Chain Management System Authorization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2499.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2499, VA Supply Chain Management Systems Authorization Act” on May 30, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 1, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 30, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60321

  CBO publication date

  May 30, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2499, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2499

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  21a60bf39de4047859e824e80cc97337ac14c6705091006d2c02b229705c2f87

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-625 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on August 9, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 9, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/625

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2499, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2499

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  21a60bf39de4047859e824e80cc97337ac14c6705091006d2c02b229705c2f87

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 60, April 6, 2023, Page H1710):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation only pertains to: authorization for supply chain system acquisition within the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 6, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  191 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2499, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2499

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  21a60bf39de4047859e824e80cc97337ac14c6705091006d2c02b229705c2f87

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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