Veterans’ Access to Child Care Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 840.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWNLEY of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 18, January 29, 2019, Page H1284):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 29, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 840, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/840

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2354084b5a52a53a8b7b0b7436618968c9fc3f16a499b77d495cec161d8d4d6c

  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. 840, 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.