Veteran Medical Exams for Distant Areas Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5470.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CISCOMANI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 149, September 14, 2023, Page H4347):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: License Portability for VA disability exams
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 14, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  107 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5470, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5470

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  adfd0a6c46a6cff92702c068d008c323d558ed5292178f8961cfb661d46622e5

  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 9, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5470, last updated July 9, 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.