To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 627.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HAHN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 16, January 30, 2015, Pages H667-H668):
  According to Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: of the United States Constitution, seen below, this bill falls within the Constitutional Authority of the United States Congress. Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: 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 January 30, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  441 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 627, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/627

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  51aeae243baf017bb25e4557ae04a96edeac3e5ceb6ac02926f4034b66865c7e

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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