To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish free and comprehensive mental health care to former members of the Armed Services, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2736.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SUOZZI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 91, May 25, 2017, Page H4610):
  Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the 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 any Department or Officer thereof''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  303 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2736, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2736

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c73fdec687045865a8ec6b07f00b798b385ebbdee24b60e721fef6fc9b879fdc

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2736, last updated January 3, 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.