To amend title 38, United States Code, to reestablish the Professional Certification and Licensure Advisory Committee of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2942.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5346):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, ``The Congress shall have Power To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  297 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2942, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2942

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9ff97fa0da638c76eecf392e7510483d7b6d7eeb7ddbe523760121c4a7e77732

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2942, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.