VA Billing Accountability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6315.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMUCKER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 185, November 8, 2023, Page H5653):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Section VIII of Article I of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to waive the requirement of certain veterans to make copayments for hospital care and medical services in the case of an error by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 8, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  376 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6315, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6315

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  98a6a2d3aec10d34310c46d66342b4a7fd3943ba64e0cb6b07b32f4a35947f1e

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6315, last updated December 5, 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.