Audit the Pentagon Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2961.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEE of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 71, April 27, 2023, Page H2087):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Increase accountability on the Department of Defense for having failed 5 consecutive audits.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  187 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2961, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2961

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3eac31197ac8b92de722c6862c9dcad23221f4b17ff1403dbfd010c1c036371c

  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. 2961, last updated June 6, 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.