International Violence Against Women Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1340.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 38, March 6, 2015, Page H1623):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the powers of Congress, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 6, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  119 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1340, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1340

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  95aeeb674d64359d2c605112c77912a288dfa86e63f4603805761824b61dda30

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1340, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.