VA Budget Shortfall Accountability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1823.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1823, VA Budget Shortfall Accountability Act” on May 9, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans Affairs on May 6, 2025”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 9, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61385

  CBO publication date

  May 9, 2025

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1823, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1823

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 17, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ab85a5548dc23dfdaba8bb99446f9131ba01b88a39e36e546aaddd4ac82605fe

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-101 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 17, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 17, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/101

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1823, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1823

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 17, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ab85a5548dc23dfdaba8bb99446f9131ba01b88a39e36e546aaddd4ac82605fe

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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. BERGMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 41, March 4, 2025, Page H976):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 4, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  46 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1823, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1823

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 17, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ab85a5548dc23dfdaba8bb99446f9131ba01b88a39e36e546aaddd4ac82605fe

  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. 1823, last updated July 17, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.