To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate a week as "Battle Buddy Check Week" for the purpose of outreach and education concerning peer wellness checks for veterans, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 236.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JACKSON LEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 8, January 10, 2023, Page H151):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1, 14, and 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  147 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 236, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/236

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e9ad9d5cf6999daa13499ffcf84d7b98c4c7ff7915faca231df89d20d60245a7

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 236, last updated July 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.