To improve military family readiness.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6489.

• 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. 166, No. 69, April 10, 2020, Page H1883):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States Constitution, which provides Congress with the power to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2020 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  183 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6489, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6489

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  048d33da685b563161a1821a8ef498ab2d5187cef4f40eeed540f42c557cb0e6

  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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