Consolidating Veteran Employment Services for Improved Performance Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5913.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VAN ORDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 165, October 10, 2023, Page H4994):
  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 or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: To improve employment services for veterans by consolidating various programs in the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 10, 2023 ↗

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  461 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5913, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5913

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5623f072f09d77ec39a7927c8e7b067ab39fea918415454e13eaf55d8d12506c

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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