VA Mental Health Outreach and Engagement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3863.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3863, VA Mental Health Outreach and Engagement Act” on March 13, 2026. 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, March 13, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62186

  CBO publication date

  March 13, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3863, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3863

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-634 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 4, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 4, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/634

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3863, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3863

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3b16ddf0737868689a1e83354aaaf6ad67019df2bea48e16038334a966ad44eb

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BUDZINSK1, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 99, June 10, 2025, Page H2615):
  Article 1 Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 10, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3863, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3863

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3b16ddf0737868689a1e83354aaaf6ad67019df2bea48e16038334a966ad44eb

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