Protecting Gold Star Spouses Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2496.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 60, April 6, 2023, Page H1710):
  Article One, Section 8, Clause 14 The single subject of this legislation is: To provide interim appropriations for the Coast Guard Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 6, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  242 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2496, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2496

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 26, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  599db5576883b49c057e4edc5b6238d3f18a6af59f4706901d4d192d9b8fd424

  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 September 26, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2496, last updated September 26, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.