BAH Restoration Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2537.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STRICKIAND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 60, April 6, 2023, Page H1712):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To ensure servicemembers get their full housing allowance
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 6, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  121 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2537, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2537

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a4a05f82394ce872c8674167dd463154f95ba89a3b25238557b77f7b85711c5e

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2537, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.