Veterans Foreign Medical Coverage Equality and Modernization Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 439.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaLOTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 8, January 15, 2025, Page H186):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 439, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/439

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9aa695b52f0feb32ccf8d8b592e86270f39650e81cd8edf45f54d2a8eef5b9f4

  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 September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 439, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.