End Transcript Withholding for Veterans Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5436.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5436, End Transcript Withholding for Veterans Act” on June 4, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 14, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 4, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62452

  CBO publication date

  June 4, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5436, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5436

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 10, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  675a77f65c77147d9d98d73582b2c4f4e704926c41e2e9f61f540d8edae3aa0b

• 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. 119-835 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 24, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 24, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/835

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5436, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5436

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 10, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  675a77f65c77147d9d98d73582b2c4f4e704926c41e2e9f61f540d8edae3aa0b

  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. MANNION, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 152, September 17, 2025, Page H4411):
  clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5436, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5436

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 10, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  675a77f65c77147d9d98d73582b2c4f4e704926c41e2e9f61f540d8edae3aa0b

  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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