VACANT Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 693.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WOMACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 20, January 31, 2023, Page H579):
  Clause l14 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: The VACANT Act requires the VA to limit temporary vacancies for Directors of VA Medical Facilities to 180 days and requires the VA to notify Congress of its plans to fill those vacancies.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 693, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/693

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 2, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0e62b34c8130eb0422283d34b6d4a31e566f456ecc560dd12a3e33c617cc7b75

  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 February 2, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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