Veterans Care and Reporting Enforcement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3686.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EMMER of Minnesota, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 146, October 6, 2015, Page H6836):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution: 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 this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 6, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  320 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3686, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3686

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  48d741d449fd92ab4fca0ce91b0c58df5cff405280a8014c55240155a0e83222

  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. 3686, 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.