Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2116.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PLASKETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 63, April 29, 2015, Page H2655):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 (General Welfare Clause) Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 (Territories Clause) Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper Clause)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  169 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2116, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2116

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  581546a91c5c5ba4e47c5bf04577aa5d89a742c88b0c21f8aef0a95d05b66487

  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. 2116, 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.