Modernizing All Veterans and Survivors

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3854.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3854, Modernizing All Veterans and Survivors Claims Processing Act” on August 14, 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 14, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61660

  CBO publication date

  August 14, 2025

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3854, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3854

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0d8bfaf8d57ab11ce5818d2ff4e89a1eea4d17a7e2e8cf32afd8239dcd2aa294

• 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. 119-260 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 9, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 9, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/260

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3854, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3854

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0d8bfaf8d57ab11ce5818d2ff4e89a1eea4d17a7e2e8cf32afd8239dcd2aa294

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VALADAO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 98, June 9, 2025, Page H2570):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3854, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3854

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0d8bfaf8d57ab11ce5818d2ff4e89a1eea4d17a7e2e8cf32afd8239dcd2aa294

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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