Surviving Spouses' Benefit Improvement Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2539.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KENNEDY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 79, May 21, 2015, Page H3563):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8; Article IV, Section 3.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  113 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2539, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2539

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b6612982ff688a3091a2475e6ee3d6647a9c6f611d7a65e426eb0faf6390a311

  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. 2539, 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.