Servicemember Foreclosure Protections Extension Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 189.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 189, Servicemember Foreclosure Protections Extension Act of 2015” on February 25, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on February 12, 2015 H.R. 189 would enhance certain protections for veterans with home mortgages. CBO estimates that any change in direct spending under the bill would be insignificant”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 25, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49967

  CBO publication date

  February 25, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 189, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/189

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  37648357d7ebcc0862499ea0c65a29751cbdec4652794772266646fe2dbc370f

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-356 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on December 1, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 1, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/356

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 189, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/189

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  37648357d7ebcc0862499ea0c65a29751cbdec4652794772266646fe2dbc370f

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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. GRAYSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 2, January 7, 2015, Page H104):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 7, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  62 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 189, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/189

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  37648357d7ebcc0862499ea0c65a29751cbdec4652794772266646fe2dbc370f

  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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