To expand the workforce of veterinarians specialized in the care and conservation of wild animals and their ecosystems, and to develop educational programs focused on wildlife and zoological veterinary medicine.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 159.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HASTINGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 1, January 3, 2017, Page H51):
  U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  39 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 159, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/159

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a8228cbb2770606aa8be9b0d841d5c6edc846c01564606ce9762d0246e2aabc0

  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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