VA Emergency Transportation Access Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5530.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 150, September 18, 2023, Page H4381):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S.C. The single subject of this legislation is: Creates a limitation to the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make certain changes to the rate of payment or reimbursement provided for transportation of veterans on special modes of transportation prior to a review of the impact a change in rates would have on veterans access to care and development of a process for updating those rates.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2023 ↗

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  H.R. 5530, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5530

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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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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