To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the eligibility for beneficiary travel for veterans seeking treatment or care for military sexual trauma in specialized outpatient or residential programs at facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2974.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WALORSKI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5347):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  124 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2974, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2974

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  731f1ff82b733689dbfd98dfb3c8dd73ae70730f9cbd839dbfa073ad29ac04c7

  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.

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