Foreign Service Line of Duty Death Gratuity Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2881.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WEST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6043):
  ``The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution (clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18), which grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces; to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia; and to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the foregoing powers.'' ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 18, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  513 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2881, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2881

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  340e5682400fc7abf76b48fb5e69e677b19902f63e71c75b5f35c6a3dc8b932d

  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 December 18, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2881, last updated December 18, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.