Veterans Right to Expediency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3643.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LATTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 88, May 24, 2023, Page H2598):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Executive the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to deliver notice of the denial of claims for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary by certified mail.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 24, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  664 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3643, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3643

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 12, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cc9863ad26befc35986b1bb37b28a3f6f99561201f0472ee6514b2e8c58cafda

  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 June 12, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3643, last updated June 12, 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.