To direct the Secretary of Defense to designate a single senior official of the Department of Defense to procure wideband satellite communications necessary to meet the requirements of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1864.

• 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 (Vol. 161, No. 55, April 16, 2015, Page H2309):
  Article I, Section 8 enumerates to Congress the power to ``raise and support Armies''; ``to provide and maintain a Navy''; and ``to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces''.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 16, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  208 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1864, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1864

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  aca86a4c07da3ca7896f3cae07bebc8d8754b250525f2c30fb57dcdf70f7787e

  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.

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