VETT Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5914.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5914, Veterans Education Transparency and Training Act” on December 21, 2023. 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, December 21, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59828

  CBO publication date

  December 21, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5914, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5914

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bc63f30de72e7f3e1a41566cce99e8059f49576c18835d654923c132b50d5289

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-449 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on April 9, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 9, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/449

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5914, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5914

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bc63f30de72e7f3e1a41566cce99e8059f49576c18835d654923c132b50d5289

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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. 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 the processes to approve programs of education for purposes of the educational assistance pro grams of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 10, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  494 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5914, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5914

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bc63f30de72e7f3e1a41566cce99e8059f49576c18835d654923c132b50d5289

  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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