Healthcare Opportunities for Patriots in Exile (HOPE) Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2761.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VARGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 92, May 26, 2017, Page H4615):
  (1) To establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the U.S. Constitution; (2) To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 of the U.S. Constitution; (3) To provide and maintain a navy, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 13 of the U.S. Constitution; and (4) To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the U.S. Constitution. (5) To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers,…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 26, 2017 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  922 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2761, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2761

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d9f00cf832e333f115453d348b9567cfb0593110e9b2e23026838a8bbe554210

  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. 2761, 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.