Military SAVE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1603.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 50, March 25, 2015, Page H2034):
  Article I, Section 8, clauses 12 and 13, which gives Congress the power ``To raise and support Armies,'' and ``To provide and maintain a Navy.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 25, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  142 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1603, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1603

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0e08254ad6cb8771bb82e7f6fa5a17df5689781fb2e55edb1e0078153bfc87d8

  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 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1603, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.