Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 969.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GIBSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 25, February 13, 2015, Page H1070):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 969, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/969

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  32735e31c697d812c003e7f684191438daeb81b26eeb4418c031c9eeb976dea1

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 969, last updated December 5, 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.