Veterans Law Judge Experience Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 659.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 659, Veterans Law Judge Experience Act of 2025” on August 7, 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 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61643

  CBO publication date

  August 7, 2025

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 659, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/659

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  066b5987b2f9cd2a65686e6def1043ea2921de63436f33c909eb239f51928b64

• 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. 119-309 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 26, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 26, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/309

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 659, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/659

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  066b5987b2f9cd2a65686e6def1043ea2921de63436f33c909eb239f51928b64

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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. BROWNLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 14, January 23, 2025, Page H388):
  Article 1 Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 23, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 659, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/659

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  066b5987b2f9cd2a65686e6def1043ea2921de63436f33c909eb239f51928b64

  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. 659, 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.