To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the access to child care for certain veterans receiving health care at a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1496.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 47, March 19, 2015, Page H1805):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 19, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1496, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1496

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8db182c9b855182e58f614a289c8d12c483601ea6acb8698805dbf83de9afcd4

  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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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