Department of Veterans Affairs Dental Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5770.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SABLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 114, July 14, 2016, Page H5012):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution: ``Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needfid Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  405 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5770, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5770

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  04359ee43942284ccde891eaf1f690ff86c447c5fde6fdab0a81e7b46a792358

  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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5770, last updated December 5, 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.