VETS Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2516.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RANGEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 79, May 21, 2015, Page H3563):
  Article I, Section 8, Clauses 12, 13, 14, and 18 The Congress shall have Power***to raise and support armies; to provide and maintain a navy; to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces; and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  326 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2516, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2516

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  296e6de4186f5c9518c8bff8d414d36bc648d5ad6ec3db37c66c07bc08a9bfda

  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. 2516, 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.