SOLDIER Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3388.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NUGENT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 121, July 29, 2015, Pages H5773-H5774):
  Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution (clauses 1, 12, 13, 14, and 16), which grants Congress the power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; raise and support Armies; to provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces; and to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 29, 2015 ↗

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  473 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3388, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3388

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  da3740ff20471abacb06677341585aa4cc01713fd9f1395303fd4bb86c57812a

  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. 3388, 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.