Strengthening Whistleblower Protections at the Department of Veterans Affairs Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8510.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAPPAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 124, July 26, 2022, Page H7171):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution states that ``Congress shall have the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  347 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8510, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8510

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7d761f1c77312d57bb9af3d1e8307995045617c180c155fe4ebf60486eb2d299

  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. 8510, last updated May 28, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.