Strengthening Citizenship Services for Veterans Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8851.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VARGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 107, June 26, 2024, Page H4321):
  Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To require U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to facilitate naturalization services for noncitizen veterans who have been removed from the United States or are inadmissible.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 26, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  279 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8851, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8851

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 5, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2a3352c945ae824bfa08e2c2fbb6890b4424dfab2f52c8102b4e6398253d3784

  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 February 5, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8851, last updated February 5, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.