B–2 to B–21 Cost Analysis Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3401.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 83, May 17, 2023, Page H2427):
  Section 8 The Congress shall provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on infrastructure for B-2 aircraft at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2023 ↗

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  271 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3401, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3401

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0a2932ec273b216f60aca2992e7028ecd040451ae530b4aff99ba2fe3e841c1e

  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. 3401, 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.