Veterans' Compensation COLA Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5588.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ABRAHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 104, June 28, 2016, Page H4186):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 28, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5588, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5588

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9402850feb09ccc2a68b90858df245721396b8129e1739336e17d319a895aba2

  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 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5588, last updated December 4, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.