To rename the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Dallas, Texas, as the "Eddie Bernice Johnson VA Medical Center".

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 499.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CROCKETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 9, January 16, 2025, Page H222):
  Article I Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 499, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/499

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  28b848cc21867e6f2977be1c23b9ed67158ffdec43ac25ab1984f7bd277ac1ea

  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 20, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 499, last updated December 20, 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.