American Heroes COLA Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 677.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 677, American Heroes COLA Act of 2015” on January 22, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on September 17, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 22, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51155

  CBO publication date

  January 22, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 677, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/677

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0d45a958bae4d905f800338f116b8964c053e8e3f1cc22fa3273a51784a2d7bb

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-405 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on February 1, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 1, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/405

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 677, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/677

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0d45a958bae4d905f800338f116b8964c053e8e3f1cc22fa3273a51784a2d7bb

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ABRAHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 18, February 3, 2015, Page H756):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 3, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  40 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 677, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/677

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0d45a958bae4d905f800338f116b8964c053e8e3f1cc22fa3273a51784a2d7bb

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 677, last updated April 7, 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.