Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3819.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MAST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 153, September 25, 2017, Page H7486):
  Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution-- ``provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 25, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  133 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3819, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3819

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1e90cf5613e914ac8c908f77528f0385357e489225df5005ffbb64b1877d6d0d

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3819, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.