FRAUD Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3483.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3483, Forcing Real Accountability for Unlawful Distributions Act of 2025” on August 15, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 23, 2025”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 15, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61682

  CBO publication date

  August 15, 2025

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3483, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3483

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  970983c037cfa6e2dfc7ed570e15dd050a18443a3444cab90313ffc90353b53a

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-348 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on October 21, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 21, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/348

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3483, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3483

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  970983c037cfa6e2dfc7ed570e15dd050a18443a3444cab90313ffc90353b53a

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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. BARRETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 84, May 19, 2025, Page H2147):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3483, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3483

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  970983c037cfa6e2dfc7ed570e15dd050a18443a3444cab90313ffc90353b53a

  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. 3483, last updated February 4, 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.