Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1179.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FITZPATRICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 36, February 24, 2023, Page H876):
  Article I, Section VIII, Clause XVIII of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill focuses on the subject of veterans affairs.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  168 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1179, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1179

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6d703369df475bcf747e7cbfe11f3ddb6cdaf1e1f3c2b3ce0281b9c934d1731f

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1179, last updated December 5, 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.