Verify First Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2581.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2581, Verify First Act” on June 1, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 24, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 1, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52782

  CBO publication date

  June 1, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2581, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2581

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c56c8a8d572e352d7c86921e9a8b2b4fc4f1636ae12e672b343e51a6b9822125

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-161 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on June 2, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 2, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/161

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2581, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2581

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c56c8a8d572e352d7c86921e9a8b2b4fc4f1636ae12e672b343e51a6b9822125

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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. BARLETTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 88, May 22, 2017, Page H4424):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1--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; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 22, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  293 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2581, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2581

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c56c8a8d572e352d7c86921e9a8b2b4fc4f1636ae12e672b343e51a6b9822125

  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. 2581, last updated April 7, 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.