Healthcare Freedom for VHA Volunteer Drivers Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7657.

• 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. 45, March 13, 2024, Page H1181):
  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: Exempting volunteer drivers from VHA's COVID-19 vaccine requirement.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 13, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  325 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7657, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7657

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 16, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  74053add6aaeaa681169813d3ad464e8a5c21b3fe2e57cbe74cd1b6b1505568e

  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 16, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7657, last updated December 16, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.