Accelerating Defense Innovation Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3014.

• 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. 165, No. 87, May 23, 2019, Page H4167):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to ``provide for the common Defence,'' ``raise and support Armies,'' ``provide and maintain a Navy,'' and ``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 May 23, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  335 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3014, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3014

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fb87fb9573f25bf56369a3119ff25cf1078f377d50a79e4f55a0adf82089852c

  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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3014, last updated June 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.