SOFA Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3015.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaLOTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 72, April 28, 2023, Page H2120):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To reduce the numer of members of the Armed Forces stationed in certain foreign countries with which the United States does not have a proper and enforceable Status of Forces Agreement, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  307 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3015, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3015

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7df4efe48dfe8d744564745f7599271896b61a2392bd458c3a9a14e26adbf8e9

  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 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3015, last updated June 27, 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.