Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4424.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4424, the Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act” on June 20, 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, June 20, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60414

  CBO publication date

  June 20, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4424, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4424

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  18738e2c6c1d8af6693fe8f0abea5b59dbf2a8b79da2223a5e3fa8a2eb55b157

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-600 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 22, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 22, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/600

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4424, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4424

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  18738e2c6c1d8af6693fe8f0abea5b59dbf2a8b79da2223a5e3fa8a2eb55b157

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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. LaLOTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 114, June 30, 2023, Page H3161):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to study and report on the prevalence of cholangiocarcinoma in veterans who served in the Vietnam theater of operations during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 30, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  309 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4424, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4424

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  18738e2c6c1d8af6693fe8f0abea5b59dbf2a8b79da2223a5e3fa8a2eb55b157

  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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