Army Combat Action Badge Eligibility Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 853.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 18, January 29, 2019, Page H1284):
  Article I, Section 8. of the United States Constitution, wherein it reads: ``Congress shall have the power . . . to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States . . .'' and ``Congress shall have the power to . . . make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Depaitinent or Officer thereof.'
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 29, 2019 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 853, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/853

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0e3513893e9a83ccacc73a76f01acbae886290fe648ba49cccd751c44473048f

  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. 853, 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.