TRAIN VA Employees Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6531.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6531, Training Responsible and Informed National VA Employees Act” on June 21, 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 21, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60444

  CBO publication date

  June 21, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6531, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6531

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e1a823da5915b36df3f5df0181ecc2911607c4d0646a03dfed2e9615c6566794

• 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. 118-624 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on August 9, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 9, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/624

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6531, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6531

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e1a823da5915b36df3f5df0181ecc2911607c4d0646a03dfed2e9615c6566794

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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. PAPPAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 197, November 30, 2023, Page H6050):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution states that ``Congress shall have the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Veterans
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 30, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  399 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6531, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6531

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e1a823da5915b36df3f5df0181ecc2911607c4d0646a03dfed2e9615c6566794

  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. 6531, 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.