ACT for Veterans Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3644.

• 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 extend the authorized period for emergency treatment in non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities under the Veterans Community Care Program.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 24, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  660 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3644, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3644

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2e3d09bb54c669a6a9551552dd4ffdf20a3696863baf82fad3ef2cf3447a47d9

  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. 3644, 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.