To ensure that members of the Armed Forces and Federal law enforcement officers continue to receive their pay and allowances despite a shutdown of the Federal Government or in the event that the debt of the United States Government reaches the statutory limit.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3216.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KINGSTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6012):
  Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.. . .'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. . . .'' Article I, Section 8, Clauses 12 and 13: Congress shall have power ``[t]o raise and support Armies . . .'' and ``[t]o provide and maintain a Navy.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  457 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3216, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3216

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d1eeac93871ce41d33c3962e872d701070b270090dd727ca77756b181dce66c5

  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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3216, last updated June 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.