Military Spouse Hiring Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2318.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SHEA-PORTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 76, May 3, 2017, Page H3324):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 3, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  110 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2318, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2318

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  48cb2721044741667e58649886a0b8261d00cb85b1a42b9fe8d9c93a51c4fb19

  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 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2318, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.