Reinstate Our Troops Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3458.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUTHERFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 84, May 18, 2023, Page H2457):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution [Page H205] The single subject of this legislation is: Create a streamlined reinstatement process, requiring the Secretary of Defense to reinstate all servicemembers who were separated solely for denying the DoD COVID-19 vaccine mandate and had requested an exemption to the policy.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3458, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3458

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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  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.

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