Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1954.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PINGREE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 59, April 5, 2017, Page H2755):
  Section 1, Article 8--The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes; duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 5, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  199 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1954, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1954

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4ef917c9e98f2ed2bf41daa1f9b7155c7e1d7d2800b875db53f3f41d8f580d8a

  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. 1954, last updated December 5, 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.