Veterans Patient Advocacy Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2068.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOOLENAAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 45, March 11, 2025, Page H1152):
  Pursuant to Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, Congress has the power to ``provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United State.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 11, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  169 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2068, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2068

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4c9e90d6bbea1a04ef218913de21c6f3fbc1958f6a42f505b35a9ff3293abcbf

  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 February 4, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2068, last updated February 4, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.