VA Home Loan Program Reform Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8647.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VAN ORDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 96, June 5, 2024, Page H3675):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take certain actions to prevent or resolve a default of a housing loan guaranteed by the Secretary, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 5, 2024 ↗

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  286 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8647, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8647

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1137ed9a1d5896ee172fcde01440da4f5f7b55b428577610e6f1d8b2a28ff8f2

  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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