To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a lease for a Vet Center in Mankato, Minnesota.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5365.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FINSTAD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 145, September 8, 2023, Page H4230):
  Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all 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: Authorizing the Department of Veteran's Affairs to open a Vet-Center in Mankato, MN.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  341 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5365, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5365

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1180428788e2cf0a6a3a8ef2b0e2c103021dcd637384bd6700e56d3423b39c01

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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