Brian Tally VA Employment Transparency Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2640.

• 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. 60, April 3, 2025, Page H1418):
  Article I, Section 8. To make 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 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  250 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2640, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2640

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  29d005356b59621d4b6130d2002da25f79ec07a4fcc84a32a2bab68a1c8642dc

  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 December 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2640, last updated December 12, 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.