Consolidating Veteran Employment Services for Improved Performance Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6861.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HAMADEH of Arizona, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 214, December 18, 2025, Page H6117):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 of the United States Constitution, which grants Congress the power ``To raise and support Armies.'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 13 of the United States Constitution, which grants Congress the power ``To provide and maintain a Navy.'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States Constitution, which grants Congress the power ``To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution, which grants Congress 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…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 18, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  783 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6861, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6861

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 11, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2f5a778c005b432d62817d323f9f0a3be6a47b5107d43149e6cdfa88571db8fe

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6861, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 11, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.