AUKUS Undersea Defense Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3939.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 101, June 9, 2023, Page H2788):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To provide for the transfer of Virginia class submarines from the inventory of the Navy to the Government of Australia under Section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act and for support and related training.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2023 ↗

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  288 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3939, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3939

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  013fc93a4ceff2aaa19aa679b8c322c5518af9a9346447786ed5a63dd211fa2b

  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. 3939, 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.