Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2998.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-188 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 7, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/188

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2998, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2998

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 7, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e5e40503bb929e51c5036010e1734df9e202c83c122a3852e7d8b4451821efff

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DENT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 107, June 22, 2017, Page H5110):
  The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law. . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 22, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  801 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2998, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2998

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 7, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e5e40503bb929e51c5036010e1734df9e202c83c122a3852e7d8b4451821efff

  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 (as of January 7, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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