Free Veterans from Fees Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1029.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1029, Free Veterans from Fees Act” on December 3, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on October 19, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 3, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57662

  CBO publication date

  December 3, 2021

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1029, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1029

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5726d39d4e2f06e5a5f1ea46e0047ea5643a4162c8f8231667d1462cc7725362

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-106 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 26, 2021.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 26, 2021 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/106

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1029, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1029

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5726d39d4e2f06e5a5f1ea46e0047ea5643a4162c8f8231667d1462cc7725362

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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. 167, No. 26, February 11, 2021, Page H504):
  Article 1, Section 8 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; To borrow money on the credit of the United States; To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; To provide for the…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2021 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  2,556 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1029, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1029

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5726d39d4e2f06e5a5f1ea46e0047ea5643a4162c8f8231667d1462cc7725362

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