WOSB Certification Expansion and Opportunity Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1586.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VELAZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 37, February 25, 2025, Page H837):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which gives Congress the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  322 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1586, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1586

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1b3e724542091f2d9cbe32fe7d9d94b057fb825c83ec270a60d9282a5826b623

  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 June 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1586, last updated June 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.