PLUS for Veterans Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1822.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERGMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 56, March 28, 2023, Page H1528):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Restores criminal penalties on individuals who attempt to take advantage of Veterans, while preserving the right for Veterans to seek assistance from the private sector when preparing their claim to VA.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 28, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  312 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1822, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1822

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  808976a72fe3b50e2f4f9609ed7da4dd5272dafe6b4aa337a4c600e7f38f7a5d

  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. 1822, 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.