Protecting Veteran’s Claim Options Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3834.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3834, Protecting Veteran’s Claims Option Act” on October 10, 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, October 10, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61811

  CBO publication date

  October 10, 2025

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3834, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3834

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0310f148460996bbbb19f93a28908268439114661be899756b48dd6a368a6ad6

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-349 ↗. 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/349

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3834, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3834

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0310f148460996bbbb19f93a28908268439114661be899756b48dd6a368a6ad6

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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. BOST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 98, June 9, 2025, Page H2569):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which states ``[t]he Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  335 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3834, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3834

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0310f148460996bbbb19f93a28908268439114661be899756b48dd6a368a6ad6

  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. 3834, 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.