VETS Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1581.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLEGO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 49, March 24, 2015, Page H1901):
  Article I, Section VIII, Clause I: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States; all but duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  298 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1581, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1581

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5b61abf29df4f14c08b775bb19b160f50ac688b03214fdda21532cb6980cbcb7

  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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1581, last updated August 12, 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.