CHIP IN for Veterans Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 217.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 217, Communities Helping Invest through Property and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of 2025” on May 14, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 6, 2025”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 14, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61394

  CBO publication date

  May 14, 2025

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 217, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/217

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3e95e31c486e13d07ea5ba800b08138efffa11acbb1f8ddeeedf40096ed8cdb6

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-97 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 17, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 17, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/97

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 217, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/217

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3e95e31c486e13d07ea5ba800b08138efffa11acbb1f8ddeeedf40096ed8cdb6

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 3, January 7, 2025, Page H63):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  56 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 217, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/217

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3e95e31c486e13d07ea5ba800b08138efffa11acbb1f8ddeeedf40096ed8cdb6

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 217, last updated July 10, 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.