GUARD VA Benefits Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1139.

• 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. 169, No. 34, February 21, 2023, Page H868):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution states that ``Congress shall have the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Veterans
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 21, 2023 ↗

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  399 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1139, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1139

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b47ff65aac61cbc3e91f8d89014b3b911d4515b84d0272aad78c64131d5ab477

  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 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1139, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.