Veterans Patient Advocacy Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5755.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOOLENAAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 189, October 27, 2021, Page H5959):
  Pursuant to Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, Congress has the power to ``provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 27, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  170 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5755, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5755

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b5bd3ba69d3377b7277051b560771fe74a346311f062c6525d56c43d217924ad

  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. 5755, 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.