BEST for Vets Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7434.

• 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. 170, No. 33, February 23, 2024, Page H692):
  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: Ensuring only licensed medical professionals furnish medical disability examinations on behalf of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 23, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  390 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7434, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7434

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  66c26cd40153396261b460302ae60c0b9c1753246c8ddf5a16607af8add74160

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7434, last updated December 5, 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.