POSTURE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4534.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GIBSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 25, February 11, 2016, Page H775):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress ``to provide for the common Defence'', ``to raise and support Armies'', and ``to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces'' as enumerated in Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  308 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4534, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4534

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  dc22c780ea7d2c3004fddc7a7f58ba12c3d90f531dabe2e89098b4396a18c287

  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. 4534, 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.