Veterans’ Mental Health Access Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9427.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 135, August 30, 2024, Page H5021):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which states ``[t]he Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States'' The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would allow VA to create a pilot program to give grants to outpatient mental health facilities who provide services to veterans.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 30, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9427, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9427

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

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  28494776d9dc20553922a3fb9b5f9c00b94f46fdef8a6160e669ffd9c1fe79b4

  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 April 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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