Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2577.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Division B and Division D of the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2577” on June 24, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on June 23, 2016 (House Report 114-640)”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 24, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51712

  CBO publication date

  June 24, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2577, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2577

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eb5bd6fef09a3e0c880cf0c49d4f98e7c7341988e85703db7d1600ae860f3fd9

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 3 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 114-129 ↗; S. Rept. 114-75 ↗; H. Rept. 114-640 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Appropriations Committee on June 25, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 25, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/129
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/75
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/640

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2577, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2577

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eb5bd6fef09a3e0c880cf0c49d4f98e7c7341988e85703db7d1600ae860f3fd9

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DIAZ-BALART, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 84, May 29, 2015, Pages H3581-H3582):
  The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 29, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

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  Statement length

  802 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2577, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2577

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eb5bd6fef09a3e0c880cf0c49d4f98e7c7341988e85703db7d1600ae860f3fd9

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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