To amend title 38, United States Code, to include eyeglass lens fittings in the category of medical services authorized to be furnished to veterans under the Veterans Community Care Program, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5593.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MALOY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 158, September 26, 2025, Page H4502):
  Article 1 Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5593, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5593

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 13, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4d3462a340e2d0ee45428969addf5acd56b5b7466e5c323870149c14dc514f37

  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 January 13, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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