House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
VA Design-Build Construction Enhancement Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Jim Banks R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2019
- Committee actionOct 29, 2019
- Passed HouseNov 12, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 13, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3996.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3996, VA Design-Build Construction Enhancement Act of 2019” on November 8, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on October 29, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 8, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55832
- CBO publication date
- November 8, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3996, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3996
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
873d838cdc6fbe2342bcf38015a44e57be088b5ae3a01ac42081a2ed5bea116e
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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, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 126, July 25, 2019, Page H7469):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 270 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3996, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3996
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
873d838cdc6fbe2342bcf38015a44e57be088b5ae3a01ac42081a2ed5bea116e
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 committee report (as of May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3996, last updated May 28, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.