Vulnerable Immigrant Voice Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1700.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JEFFRIES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 51, March 26, 2015, Page H2114):
  Article I, Section 8, Clauses 4 and 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  73 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1700, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1700

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  dbb529af9ad2726b6ffa09a99a3a8c6d00a788a5630d08aa9ad94b289ca31fcb

  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. 1700, 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.