Veterans Health Care Freedom Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 71.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BIGGS of Arizona, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H38):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: The single subject of this bill is to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to improve the ability of veterans to access medical care in medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs and in the community by providing the veterans the ability to choose health care providers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  381 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 71, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/71

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 15, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  133494480499325d9527f3d4b789047ef6eb6788fd4da4ebe0da7ff0b036d2ef

  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 February 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 71, last updated February 15, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.