Protect Access to Justice for Veterans Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1204.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NADLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 37, February 27, 2023, Page H916):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 to limit attorney fees available under the Federal cause of action relating to water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  337 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1204, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1204

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eea2d6196ac166eae0759cf7bc03b79c8cf3c72ba1d62258fb8fa9efb70da86e

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1204, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.