To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate at least one city in the United States each year as an "American World War II City", and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1721.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROUZER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 52, March 24, 2017, Page H2444):
  Article I Section 8 This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, of the US Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  133 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1721, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1721

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c63574f0dd90708ae56da75234c9468890353c7f5b2e568ca217f87342c6b7c3

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1721, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.