To amend title 38, United States Code, to require that domiciliary facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs and State homes that provide housing to veterans have resident advocates.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9415.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOTTHEIMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 134, August 27, 2024, Page H5016):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 38, United States Code, to require that domiciliary facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs and State homes that provide housing to veterans have resident advocates.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 27, 2024 ↗

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  253 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9415, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9415

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 15, 2024

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  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9a781f47b755f8cfa01ca67507abdf21f30ce6774e2f0a9bbf2e6e66d0ff8f09

  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 November 15, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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