Ruth Moore Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1607.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1607, Ruth Moore Act of 2015” on June 10, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affair on May 21, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 10, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50286

  CBO publication date

  June 10, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1607, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1607

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f041c6fd3adb526ea808c277f4a0e3837bd3b9b439a89c7239a3690579cfb6db

• 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. 114-207 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 16, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 16, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/207

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1607, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1607

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f041c6fd3adb526ea808c277f4a0e3837bd3b9b439a89c7239a3690579cfb6db

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PINGREE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 50, March 25, 2015, Page H2034):
  Section I, Article 8 The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 25, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  198 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1607, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1607

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f041c6fd3adb526ea808c277f4a0e3837bd3b9b439a89c7239a3690579cfb6db

  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. 1607, 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.