To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from providing or paying for surgical treatment related to gender transition.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5553.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERGMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 179, October 12, 2021, Page H5631):
  Article One, Section Eight of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 12, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  60 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5553, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5553

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b0c1eba2fc55c7327d715b0172f1e5d6f12e1b7e0a41cea38dbadbf0bde072bc

  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. 5553, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.