To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish seasonal influenza vaccines to certain individuals, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5671.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAKANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 185, October 21, 2021, Page H5792):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, authorized by Congress power to provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 21, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  162 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5671, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5671

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2c66932e8ea0070a5b00c4afede8424460a8bee3f9111987150398035bd9d165

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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