TRICARE Equality Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 254.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Miss GONZALEZ-COLON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 8, January 10, 2023, Page H152):
  Article I, Section I of the U.S. Constitution ``All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives.'' Article I, Section 18, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution Congress shall have the power . . . ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution of the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2023 ↗

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  534 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 254, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/254

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  265a629385703d820161fb8ef13a290fee037d9f382b812169b435fc440729da

  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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 254, last updated June 6, 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.