Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1978.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POLIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 59, April 22, 2015, Page H2419):
  Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 & Clause 18 of the Constitution, Congress, has the power ``To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper'' for carrying out power including the power ``To raise and support Armies''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 22, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  226 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1978, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1978

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5ceefe25297d1ce1cd522da63ffc85855abca653acdf86f2f15f701f427c5cd8

  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. 1978, 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.