DOD Entrepreneurial Innovation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 273.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CALVERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 9, January 11, 2023, Pages H204-H205):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution, specifically Clauses 1 (relating to providing for the general welfare of the United States) and 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress) of such section. OR The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 18.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2023 ↗

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  457 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 273, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/273

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6f366f37a00e1eb3e59f3ac5e26e4f810da6c8814f827786ed4a7b1c0cc15877

  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 9, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 273, last updated September 9, 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.