Ensuring Veteran Enterprise Participation in Strategic Sourcing Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2781.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2781, Ensuring Veteran Enterprise Participation in Strategic Sourcing Act” on July 24, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 19, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 24, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52963

  CBO publication date

  July 24, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2781, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2781

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ae4c2275397b453911d8497b13a0eb18f43131a93967b1e4417aa26b44710151

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-250 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 24, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 24, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/250

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2781, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2781

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ae4c2275397b453911d8497b13a0eb18f43131a93967b1e4417aa26b44710151

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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. DUNN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 96, June 6, 2017, Page H4647):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 6, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2781, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2781

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ae4c2275397b453911d8497b13a0eb18f43131a93967b1e4417aa26b44710151

  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. 2781, 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.