National Veterans Advocate Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9996.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. YAKYM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 156, October 15, 2024, Page H5872):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation would create an independent office under the Office of the VA Secretary that would provide casework services to veterans and provide Congress with quarterly recommendations to improve the provision of VA healthcare, benefits, and cost efficiency.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 15, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  362 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9996, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9996

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 16, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0a1c2984e4590a5bc20a4215804ebeacf8228be8006e09357a7b1917e6d4a392

  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 December 16, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9996, last updated December 16, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.