CARING for Our Veterans Health Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6522.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HAMADEH of Arizona, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 207, December 9, 2025, Page H5112):
  Pursuant to clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the United States Constitution, Congress has the power to ``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.'' Additional authority derives from article I, section 8, clauses 12 through 14, which empower Congress to raise and support the Armed Forces and to make rules governing such forces. These provisions collectively authorize legislation relating to the health care, benefits, and support of veterans of the Armed Forces.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 9, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  501 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6522, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6522

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5eff66a633220b7c0bd11cb6165f38e3568d96220003e9b405aed9d6fa201937

  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 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6522, last updated January 9, 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.