Lead by Example Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 149.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVIDSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H41):
  ``Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: To ensure that Members of Congress and Congressional staff receive health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs instead of under the Federal Health Benefits Program or health care exchanges.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  546 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 149, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/149

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  02665e910dd96963d97f98fa05aefff3e649fd22d4782b8ea1ae1e144199467d

  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 March 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 149, last updated March 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.