Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to "Reproductive Health Services".

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 31.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLOUD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 25, February 7, 2023, Pages H738-H739):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: The rule submitted by the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to ``Reproductive Health Services'' (87 Fed. Reg. 55287; published September 9, 2022).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  298 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 31, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/31

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c467658e9cd4993a192dcac15b0dd8cf6b2525543e865fd62c6590d42537931d

  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.J.Res. 31, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.