SERVE Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2931.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAPPAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 86, May 22, 2019, Page H4121):
  Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 1, of the United States Constitution states that ``Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.'' [Page H473]
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 22, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

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  269 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2931, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2931

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  da8cfedc365732b3c52bedd85aafb5a8eb97d7a87a8747bf31ca0a641200f220

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2931, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.