To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program under which eligible veterans may elect to receive hospital care and medical services at non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 763.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LoBIONDO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 20, February 5, 2015, Page H856):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 763, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/763

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ec8ba7c9d3e664801e018e91a1fdf19170fdde71f7326f348e1e832dba3dfd6a

  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 2, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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