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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1278.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWNLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 39, March 1, 2023, Page H1050):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Veterans
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  97 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1278, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1278

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  df338c75fc17f2601869fd5ed450f2ff6f2ed1f3809ba91ef4df90a44b7903e2

  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. 1278, 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.