To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into enhanced-use leases for certain buildings of the Department of Veterans Affairs at the West Los Angeles Medical Center, California.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4004.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WAXMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1659):
  The power granted to Congress under the Commerce Clause of Article I of the Constitution. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 14, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  110 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4004, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4004

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ac023669084c85537c1ea9a9bbe32d02a1a8211085ef4a9e2ba44f8bb9f7734d

  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 14, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4004, last updated January 14, 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.