House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Access to Direct Primary Care Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 25, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 1, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5287.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 139, August 25, 2023, Page H4206):Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Creates a pilot program at the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow veterans to access direct primary care arrangements.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 25, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 186 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5287, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5287
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Dan Bishop (R-NC), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Mary Miller (R-IL), Matthew Rosendale (R-MT), Roger Williams (R-TX).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.