VA Flood Preparedness Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2683.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MACE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 64, April 18, 2023, Page H1847):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have the power to . . . provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States'' The single subject of this legislation is: This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make contributions to local authorities to mitigate the risk of flooding on local property adjacent to VA medical facilities.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 18, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  Statement length

  383 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2683, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2683

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d0ef88c03f43feb95aa9ffe5fb148fa9131969c8b2af9d7673cb275e4f1e5b86

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2683, last updated May 27, 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.