To amend title 36, United States Code, to grant a Federal charter to the Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3240.

• 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. 80, May 11, 2023, Page H2312):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 provides Congress with the power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises'' in order to ``provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Veteran Affairs
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 11, 2023 ↗

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  256 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3240, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3240

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ef868566e8ce8dd395d8d40f40f80916c9f82624f87e571cc8a1f7ba1cb522ce

  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.

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