Servicemember Employment Protection Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3943.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3943, Servicemember Employment Protection Act of 2023” on September 7, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 26, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 7, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59484

  CBO publication date

  September 7, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3943, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3943

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  48ddbb8850cd87057103bc97f01c6191953c0f212d4c07aba20b93b4168af6bb

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-241 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on October 2, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 2, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/241

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3943, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3943

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  48ddbb8850cd87057103bc97f01c6191953c0f212d4c07aba20b93b4168af6bb

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 101, June 9, 2023, Page H2789):
  Article 1 , Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the reemployment rights of members of the Armed Forces.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  170 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3943, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3943

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  48ddbb8850cd87057103bc97f01c6191953c0f212d4c07aba20b93b4168af6bb

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3943, last updated May 27, 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.