Rural Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3499.

• 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 H7111):
  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 January 13, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  298 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3499, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3499

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 13, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  86aa98ec41b7db6d27e0ce6099056b2477c650e967942120bd55fccb6e5f5ced

  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 January 13, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3499, last updated January 13, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.