House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans TRICARE Choice Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 13, 2016
- Committee actionJun 15, 2016
- Passed HouseNov 29, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 30, 2016 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5458.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5458, Veterans TRICARE Choice Act of 2016” on July 20, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 15, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 20, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51818
- CBO publication date
- July 20, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5458, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5458
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-809 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on November 14, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 14, 2016 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/809
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5458, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5458
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEWART, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 93, June 13, 2016, Page H3754):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 13, 2016 ↗
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- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5458, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5458
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Peter Roskam (R-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chris Stewart.
- H.Res. 891 (114th) Expressing concern over the disappearance of David Sneddon, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1669 (114th) Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2015
- H.R. 4579 (114th) Utah Test and Training Range Encroachment Prevention and Temporary Closure Act
- H.R. 868 (114th) Veterans TRICARE Choice Act
- H.Con.Res. 114 (114th) Expressing concern over the disappearance of David Sneddon, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2215 (114th) Outdoor Recreation Enhancement Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.