To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a consistent eligibility date for provision of Department of Veterans Affairs memorial headstones and markers for eligible spouses and dependent children of veterans whose remains are unavailable.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3656.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3656, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a consistent eligibility date for provision of Department of Veterans Affairs memorial headstones and markers for eligible spouses and dependent children of veterans whose remains are” on October 23, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on October 12, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 23, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53239

  CBO publication date

  October 23, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3656, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3656

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-387 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on November 6, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 6, 2017 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/387

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3656, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3656

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BANKS of Indiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 137, August 18, 2017, Page H6612):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 18, 2017 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3656, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3656

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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