To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update directives of the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding the management of acute sexual assault, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5203.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MORRISON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 146, September 8, 2025, Page H3893):
  Section 1 of Article 1 of the Constitution: All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  195 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5203, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5203

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4f91a027303caaae3e25e97e76517462c92d8d965d0ee9c0876a25f687bf129e

  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 July 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5203, last updated July 10, 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.