Veterans COMPACT Act of 2020

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8247.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAKANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 158, September 14, 2020, Page H4382):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 14, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  134 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8247, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8247

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e41f6de184e850ed14c9fac7a5868861757f57604c81591f7bd0e4adff1fadce

  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 May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8247, last updated May 28, 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.