Protecting Military Honor Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3209.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 117, July 12, 2017, Page H5759):
  The consittutional authorty of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution (Clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18), which grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces; to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia; and to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the foregoing powers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 12, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  487 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3209, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3209

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f7b6ecb82e8cefd71f51cb47a957c297777abbeb851ce018db94e020ebb72e87

  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. 3209, 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.