To provide for an exception to a limitation against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed Forces.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 393.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 393, a bill to provide for an exception to a limitation against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed Forces” on January 13, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on January 12, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 13, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52372

  CBO publication date

  January 13, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 393, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/393

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d7d85ede4f142a498e987efb0c4426d3405d1e49ebfbef06670ca4efd98bb484

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-13 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Armed Services Committee on February 16, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 16, 2017 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/13

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 393, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/393

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THORNBERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 6, January 10, 2017, Page H299):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress ``to provide for the common Defence'', ``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'' as enumerated in Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2017 ↗

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  Statement length

  343 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 393, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/393

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d7d85ede4f142a498e987efb0c4426d3405d1e49ebfbef06670ca4efd98bb484

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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