VA Security Screening Pilot Program Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7765.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILLIAMS of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 50, March 21, 2024, Page H1353):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to use weapon screening technology at medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 21, 2024 ↗

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  313 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7765, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7765

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5ab4f13bd16f8ccc6e1590849a3f8bf86049ac0090e75b6c08aa326aa395f6e8

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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