Provide for the Common Defense Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3639.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRIDENSTINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7446):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution enumerates power to Congress to ``raise and support Armies,'' to ``provide and maintain a Navy,'' and to ``make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers''. The Provide for the Common Defense Act is a law necessary for executing Congress's power to support our Armed Forces through appropriations.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  390 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3639, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3639

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eb63b2baab00dbd7aedcff467c8300b3c8f7696bbaa145875f61b4813e55107b

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3639, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.