Veterans Administration Backlog Accountability Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3571.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. TORRES of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 86, May 21, 2025, Page H2362):
  According to Article 1. Section 8, Clause 18. of the United States Constitution, seen below, this bill falls within the Constitutional Authority of the United States Congress. Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  441 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3571, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3571

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  277bcdd42f460b74acb2fdc6d8c9f9c203bff8309fd0cdedd8377a2eb001465b

  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 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3571, last updated December 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.