To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the eligibility of children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida for benefits of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5248.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 77, May 16, 2016, Page H2428):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 16, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5248, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5248

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  68eeac9a33781dababb71b86a8d1107ea4ee856f3b578c2b0fe9a6b2c68e2d74

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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