Improving VA Training for Military Sexual Trauma Claims Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8879.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIM of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 109, June 28, 2024, Page H4444):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 38, United States code, to improve claims, made under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, regarding military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 28, 2024 ↗

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  323 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8879, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8879

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  251b0c332307280db2e6ec5f254a94b4351a294f46d43a967bd0195ad733635f

  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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