To designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Mishawaka, Indiana, as the "Jackie Walorski VA Clinic".

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8656.

• 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. 168, No. 132, August 5, 2022, Page H7552):
  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 August 5, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  270 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8656, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8656

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1579633c01bd615d2d7c46171bb0cf3ea629dbb1b51fad1081b2cb44e279f10c

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8656, last updated December 5, 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.