VERY Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2625.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2625, Veterans Employment Readiness Yield Act of 2025” on May 12, 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 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61383

  CBO publication date

  May 12, 2025

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2625, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2625

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 18, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5c3436294f6eac17953af8f3960456e6aab6406d08e0c30feccb318224211205

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-171 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on June 25, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 25, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/171

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2625, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2625

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 18, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5c3436294f6eac17953af8f3960456e6aab6406d08e0c30feccb318224211205

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 60, April 3, 2025, Page H1418):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  32 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2625, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2625

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 18, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5c3436294f6eac17953af8f3960456e6aab6406d08e0c30feccb318224211205

  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. 2625, 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.