Love Lives On Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3651.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PHILLIPS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 88, May 24, 2023, Page H2598):
  Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, Congress has the power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: Amends titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and services for surviving military spouses, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 24, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  471 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3651, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3651

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a5ed342e4ebe2eadfc0cecf6dbee3b8eee5efad681f63b590c14f6b822a00ad7

  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. 3651, 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.