Protecting Veteran Community Care Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3554.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ZINKE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 84, May 18, 2023, Page H2460):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand access to the Veterans Community Care Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to include certain veterans seeking mental health or substance-use services, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  308 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3554, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3554

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  98153181d251fac1eea3ac3c7519817a1fa07a2162f154fc475ed0002910aa72

  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. 3554, 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.