An Act to name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Statesboro, Georgia, the Ray Hendrix Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3946.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALLEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 159, October 4, 2017, Page H7842):
  Consistent with the original understanding of the general welfare clause, the authority to enact this legislation is found in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 4, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  182 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3946, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3946

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2690c405e335b4375a71e93267c169b17710193678f81379b79dc9a4e485f3f8

  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 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3946, last updated January 14, 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.