To direct the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to establish a pilot program to help State prisons and local jails improve the documentation of incarcerated veterans.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5973.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 38, February 26, 2020, Page H1225):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 1 Article I, section 8, clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  62 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5973, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5973

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8f3d55fea985687a2bc4a4283dc34070f654767b52d93d1e6acdb3aa1e1b5f08

  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. 5973, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.