Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3738.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3738, Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration Act” on January 17, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on December 5, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 17, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59843

  CBO publication date

  January 17, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3738, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3738

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-360 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on January 29, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 29, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/360

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3738, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3738

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8bb2759cc8a576425e5d59777c7a8930b69eb29e63c03ee7b970592749bd2b50

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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. WENSTRUP, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 89, May 25, 2023, Page H2642):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Veterans' economic opportunity
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  119 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3738, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3738

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8bb2759cc8a576425e5d59777c7a8930b69eb29e63c03ee7b970592749bd2b50

  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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