Captain James C. Edge Gold Star Spouse Equity Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2827.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 70, April 22, 2021, Page H2109):
  Article 1, Section 8 The Congress shall have the power to provide for the common defense.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 22, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  89 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2827, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2827

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1b7e7ac04996ce02d741badbc414a52a3a35b4fc8e9f37c4b5b77ba7ec194dfd

  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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2827, last updated June 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.