VA Zero Suicide Demonstration Project Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1639.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LEE of Nevada, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 50, March 17, 2023, Page H1295):
  Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the following statement is submitted regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint resolution. The single subject of this legislation is: Veterans Affairs
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  297 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1639, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1639

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  af50e7cd10dad12f6fbbcd87f7465673efc4c6dd57a238a9d4d547cb26a0c535

  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. 1639, 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.