Protection and Advocacy for Veterans Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1712.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. ROBY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 51, March 23, 2017, Pages H2370-H2371):
  Under Article 5 of the United States Constitution, seen below, this legislation falls within Congress's Constitutional Authority: Article 5: ``The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 23, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  982 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1712, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1712

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b30e15c75fea4d7238ae5e2382ba88f99f8f3a0bae1798e156f782f7ecfb08d1

  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 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1712, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.