Veteran and Spouse Licensing Flexibility Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5035.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PATRONIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 141, August 26, 2025, Page H3711):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 26, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  126 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5035, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5035

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 22, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  38c20a4f8d99fb71ad4a01f663bca9f077aafc520179116319f01813688087b6

  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 22, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5035, last updated September 22, 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.