To amend title 36, United States Code, to grant a Federal charter to the Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3981.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEE of Nevada, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 101, June 12, 2025, Page H2822):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 provides Congress with the power 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 June 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  301 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3981, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3981

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 28, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8faae00a24a9c79c98a3fd67dd123faa411a5e9f5aa701aee5d2c1827a6b28ec

  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 July 28, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3981, last updated July 28, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.