Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act of 2020

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8354.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-618 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 7, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 7, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/618

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8354, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8354

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  76c1c7e0cc70e308e287edb9b7a79be83c3d5afb6f0178086f8666a68f4fafed

  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 Ms. ESCOBAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 165, September 23, 2020, Page H4884):
  The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof. Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, Clause 18)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 23, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  350 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8354, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8354

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  76c1c7e0cc70e308e287edb9b7a79be83c3d5afb6f0178086f8666a68f4fafed

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8354, last updated December 5, 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.