Secure Legal Services for Veterans Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2863.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROONEY of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 101, June 23, 2015, Page H4593):
  To make Rules for the Government and Regulations of the land and naval Forces To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 23, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  291 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2863, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2863

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b0e78eb8c944eb2b05b85cf7571df654497e29475f2394c42ce4e1907b8dd1b6

  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. 2863, 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.