To prohibit any requirement that a member of the Armed Forces receive a vaccination against COVID-19.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3860.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MASSIE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 103, June 14, 2021, Page H2746):
  Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 & Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, which together constitute the power of the purse vested solely in Congress, and Article I, Section 7, which gives Congress the power to raise and support Armies and provide and maintain a Navy.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 14, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  258 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3860, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3860

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  773b9ff1ad1b29987c5a989e163f67e92b4d04f25bb5980355167102e885a598

  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. 3860, last updated June 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.