[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 80 (Wednesday, May 8, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H2999]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mrs. KIM of California:
       H.R. 8312.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       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:
       To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a 
     pilot program to permit certain members of the Armed Forces 
     to pre-enroll in the system of annual patient enrollment 
     established and operated under section 1705 of title 38, 
     United States Code.