To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the enforcement penalties for misrepresentation of a business concern as a small business concern owned and controlled by veterans or as a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1657.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1657, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the enforcement penalties for misrepresentation of a business concern as a small business concern owned and controlled by veterans or as a small business concern owned and control” on May 16, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 12, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 16, 2011 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41470

  CBO publication date

  May 16, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1657, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1657

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  40a087baeef7ab2784e58347d18efca3e8316243b20ac4fac1433584a4d2084e

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-85 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 20, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 20, 2011 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/85

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1657, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1657

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  40a087baeef7ab2784e58347d18efca3e8316243b20ac4fac1433584a4d2084e

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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. STUTZMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2916):
  Clauses 12, 13, 14, and 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  72 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1657, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1657

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  40a087baeef7ab2784e58347d18efca3e8316243b20ac4fac1433584a4d2084e

  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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