Veterans Medical Access Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 288.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWNLEY of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 6, January 13, 2015, Page H359):
  Section 1, Article 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 288, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/288

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  22d168494659e575a5280e136d0370301a58af92bc0232fbfd3858f8e3db8bf3

  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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 288, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.