Free Veterans from Fees Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1702.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1702, Free Veterans From Fees Act” on February 18, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 15, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 18, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56149

  CBO publication date

  February 18, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1702, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1702

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  682203d8a26f8250fe8fa984b3ace395fcfa278b2f6b14a31254b72941209046

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-490 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 8, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 2020 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/490

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1702, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1702

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  682203d8a26f8250fe8fa984b3ace395fcfa278b2f6b14a31254b72941209046

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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. STEUBE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 44, March 12, 2019, Page H2681):
  Article 1, Section 8 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States, but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; 2: To borrow Money on the credit of the United States; 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; 4: To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; 5: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; 6: To…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 12, 2019 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  2,691 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1702, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1702

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  682203d8a26f8250fe8fa984b3ace395fcfa278b2f6b14a31254b72941209046

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