Vets Connect Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7176.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EDWARDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 14, January 21, 2026, Page H1172):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the Necessary and Proper Clause, Article I, Section 8, clause 18.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 21, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  122 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7176, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7176

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 3, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a06abf167b723eb44ac685267a7c03b9b895d3dce3d073eb0f776770c455d24d

  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 June 3, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7176, last updated June 3, 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.