HEAL Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6551.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAWLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 198, December 1, 2023, Page H6081):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is, To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the payments or allowances that individuals, including veterans service organizations, receive for transportation of veterans to or from facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 1, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  361 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6551, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6551

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2ba5cdba5777222a7c5be14373adb8e5ca98b0fb4b9666c6134b05cd404417fd

  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 4, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6551, last updated December 4, 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.