VSAFE Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6452.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6452, Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion Act of 2024” on June 13, 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 13, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60331

  CBO publication date

  June 13, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6452, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6452

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  72e4085f2c93f9b268f83ea1b09c93507ffca71ee8615bbf245022f11ee0c4ab

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-599 ↗. 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/599

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6452, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6452

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  72e4085f2c93f9b268f83ea1b09c93507ffca71ee8615bbf245022f11ee0c4ab

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STEFANIK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 191, November 17, 2023, Page H5900):
  Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion Officer
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  179 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6452, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6452

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  72e4085f2c93f9b268f83ea1b09c93507ffca71ee8615bbf245022f11ee0c4ab

  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. 6452, 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.