VA CPE Modernization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 657.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWNLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 14, January 23, 2025, Page H388):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 23, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 657, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/657

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 13, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c6c7fb490b636592897f4475e57aa0e2b9f80daab91ad343e2d433f4402acc7d

  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 November 13, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 657, last updated November 13, 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.