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. 2891.

• 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. 163, No. 100, June 13, 2017, Page H4913):
  The commerce clause, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 13, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  52 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2891, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2891

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  61bb4fe71178e7f713847628bb25ca265df7d3718650a7b6c3454ec08413a7e3

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2891, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.