To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Advisory Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Veterans.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7674.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAPPAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 45, March 13, 2024, Page H1182):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution states that ``Congress shall have the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Veterans
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 13, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  399 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7674, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7674

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 16, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f68d190ef888a4a027dece5a4ddba03b48b7c4cc24c8a2f4a11a7184bd143a80

  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. 7674, 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.