To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals to give priority to individuals with certain professional experience in recommending such individuals to serve as members of the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10138.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWNLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 169, November 15, 2024, Page H6027):
  Article I Section 8 Veterans Affairs
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 15, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  36 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10138, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10138

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f11159c50abfdf940b85f82b7f91dfca49b26e9f3af949c14c823cbfede7cf2a

  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 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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