Housing our Military Veterans Effectively Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3848.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3848, Housing our Military Veterans Effectively Act of 2023” on August 17, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 26, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59504

  CBO publication date

  August 17, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3848, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3848

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 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. 118-189 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 8, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/189

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3848, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3848

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. CHAVEZ-DeREMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 98, June 6, 2023, Page H2764):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to homelessness, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 6, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  229 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3848, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3848

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f6bf641cd4d19b54f8ef7e19e8a81b8901d4ad1398dc0a3719b514ffd99276e8

  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. 3848, 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.