Citizen Soldier Equality Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4177.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHILLING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1305):
  Pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 12, 13, 14, and 16 of the United States Constitution the bill is authorized by Congress' power over the care of the Armed Forces.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  207 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4177, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4177

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  96fea503755e651b859811ea25251453ae5b87ec8856d6585dd858d2b7958580

  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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4177, last updated August 14, 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.