To establish a defense industrial base advanced capabilities pilot program.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3147.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HOULAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 78, May 9, 2023, Page H2173):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The ``neccessary and proper'' clause of Article 1, Section 1 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: legislating
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 9, 2023 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  225 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3147, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3147

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  82d35e0ca60b1f01845d5694a5aa494a81c0dcaf296fe82b7da6218bae74a21d

  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.

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