Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1181.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1181, Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act” on March 10, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on March 8, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 10, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52488

  CBO publication date

  March 10, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1181, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1181

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  58ab2ea1dede007fb6467288953b6220e579aba1872582e20d7664747006ccc9

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-33 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on March 10, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 10, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/33

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1181, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1181

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  58ab2ea1dede007fb6467288953b6220e579aba1872582e20d7664747006ccc9

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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. ROE of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 28, February 16, 2017, Page H1305):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 16, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1181, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1181

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  58ab2ea1dede007fb6467288953b6220e579aba1872582e20d7664747006ccc9

  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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