To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and modify certain authorities and requirements relating to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5377.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MURPHY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 145, September 8, 2023, Page H4231):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and modify certain authorities and requirements relating to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  232 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5377, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5377

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4a51083cbbe4bac26bcb7e8ca85f1f5a9534d2056b26dd4dcd6d6e930568dc89

  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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