HERO Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1998.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 60, April 23, 2015, Page H2465):
  The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to provide for the general welfare of the United States as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 23, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  173 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1998, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1998

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  85a03dd6eb13120de269a981a4ecbfa3bd42cf0c0998a5bcd2d1b8f5655ab9c5

  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 January 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1998, last updated January 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.