Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3705.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3705, Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017” on November 6, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on November 2, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 6, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53293

  CBO publication date

  November 6, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3705, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3705

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0cc3350b7ee5a6bed49ab23eb304470263aa2d3120818feb2e82eb0aff22c734

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-397 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on November 7, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 7, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/397

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3705, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3705

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0cc3350b7ee5a6bed49ab23eb304470263aa2d3120818feb2e82eb0aff22c734

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• 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. 144, September 7, 2017, Page H7182):
  Clause 1 of Section 8 of the US Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 7, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  44 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3705, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3705

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0cc3350b7ee5a6bed49ab23eb304470263aa2d3120818feb2e82eb0aff22c734

  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. 3705, 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.