Veterans Exam Expansion Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5938.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5938, Veterans Exam Expansion Act of 2023” on January 5, 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 5, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59851

  CBO publication date

  January 5, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5938, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5938

  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. 118-592 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 18, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 18, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/592

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5938, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5938

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c5cee12c4a15859463f2c259e0a84883ad24b91b92c746e6cd7d93e6095841d1

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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. CISCOMANI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 167, October 12, 2023, Page H5008):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: accessibility of disability medical exams for veterans
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 12, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  118 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5938, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5938

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c5cee12c4a15859463f2c259e0a84883ad24b91b92c746e6cd7d93e6095841d1

  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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