BEACON Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6993.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6993, Veterans TBI Breakthrough Exploration of Adaptive Care Opportunities Nationwide Act of 2026” on July 15, 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, July 15, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62566

  CBO publication date

  July 15, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6993, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6993

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 10, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e168482154d8c7bee5dd81738e6d2994e2ca2b7a4b70717b1c4c3e9be24f2be1

• 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. 119-838 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on October 1, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 1, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/838

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6993, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6993

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 10, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e168482154d8c7bee5dd81738e6d2994e2ca2b7a4b70717b1c4c3e9be24f2be1

  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. BERGMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 7, January 9, 2026, Page H616):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  65 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6993, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6993

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 10, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e168482154d8c7bee5dd81738e6d2994e2ca2b7a4b70717b1c4c3e9be24f2be1

  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. 6993, last updated October 9, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 10, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.