Smarter Approaches to Nuclear Expenditures Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3472.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BLUMENAUER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 84, May 18, 2023, Page H2457):
  Art. 1, Sec. 8, Clause 12 The single subject of this legislation is: Defense
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  76 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3472, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3472

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  537b334c53aef9c2d82bb469f6924ce26708f0da3c0d4df9cda607dbb80ed9c2

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3472, last updated December 5, 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.