House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Clarity on Care Options Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and maintain a publicly available directory of health care providers that accept assignments under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 9, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 13, 2026 — Subcommittee Hearings Held
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6526.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 207, December 9, 2025, Page H5112):Article 1 Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6526, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6526
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jennifer Kiggans.
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- H.R. 3494 (119th) VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act
- H.R. 5063 (119th) Safe Beaches, Safe Swimmers Act
- H.Res. 940 (119th) Electing a Member to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 785 (119th) Representing our Seniors at VA Act of 2026
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.