SERVE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4244.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EZELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 108, June 21, 2023, Page H3072):
  Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To adjust the definition of service in the uniformed services with respect to readmission requirements for servicemembers under the Higher Education Act of 1965,
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2023 ↗

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  259 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4244, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4244

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  67c0c0d0b8e22396e574d089a7902cebfc48924060d55e03923859ad2bf19b0b

  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. 4244, 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.