To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish memorial headstones and markers for eligible spouses and dependent children of veterans whose remains are unavailable, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5197.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POSEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 135, August 11, 2023, Page H4182):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following; Article 1; Section 8; Clause 14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces. The single subject of this legislation is: Armed Forces and National Security.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 11, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  265 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5197, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5197

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1592e7ade1e9a0dafecdceb6066305adb5876de387639d38f3cb415ff8115e75

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5197, last updated July 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.