To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1263.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1263, A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures” on September 26, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on September 8, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42591

  CBO publication date

  September 26, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1263, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1263

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  75135e11b10f2303507a30ae9e498aa42d5514d75892d1c06476ef39b7483449

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-234 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on October 5, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 5, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/234

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1263, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1263

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  75135e11b10f2303507a30ae9e498aa42d5514d75892d1c06476ef39b7483449

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FILNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2107):
  Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1263, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1263

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  75135e11b10f2303507a30ae9e498aa42d5514d75892d1c06476ef39b7483449

  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. 1263, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.