Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4285.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRINDISI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 145, September 11, 2019, Page H7665):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, authorized by Congress' power to ``provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 11, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  165 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4285, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4285

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6532c9432754d01fb9b114e8c57a081751cdeb60e8a018f845989947452f9aff

  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 May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4285, 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.