SAVES Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2605.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2605, Service Dogs Assisting Veterans Act” on August 7, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 23, 2025”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61617

  CBO publication date

  August 7, 2025

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2605, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2605

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 18, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e2fba55ce172acc4f5aa998979bdd16be274e1ffc1a64f47281388d8d5a1f6ba

• 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. 119-310 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 26, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 26, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/310

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2605, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2605

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 18, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e2fba55ce172acc4f5aa998979bdd16be274e1ffc1a64f47281388d8d5a1f6ba

  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. LUTTRELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 59, April 2, 2025, Page H1413):
  Under Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has 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 April 2, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  307 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2605, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2605

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 18, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e2fba55ce172acc4f5aa998979bdd16be274e1ffc1a64f47281388d8d5a1f6ba

  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. 2605, last updated July 18, 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.