To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish dental care in the same manner as any other medical service, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4556.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SHEA-PORTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 198, December 5, 2017, Page H9665):
  Article 1, Section 8.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 5, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  21 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4556, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4556

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  116e0c394e94bf959b2e821fce9dd7baf693c1ad8732a601ce031ef2012d4e40

  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.

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