To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 311.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JONES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 3, January 8, 2019, Page H286):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, section 8 of the United States Constitution (clauses 12, 13, 14, and 16), 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; and to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  394 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 311, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/311

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d54e104bd578692b31c3907691f768d54cdfac2203eafe30b98a7e087ee1ee5d

  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.

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