Simplifying Veterans Assistance Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1960.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 43, March 6, 2025, Page H1040):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution in that the legislation exercises legislative powers granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested by the constitution in the Government of the United States or any Department or Office thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 6, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  374 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1960, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1960

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f5e6fc86ba3da2e28141872f7b285d8e5a5c687d0f14441c04bb9bb427298434

  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 April 7, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1960, last updated April 7, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.