Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4365.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-121 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/121

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4365, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4365

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eee6faf4c63389a456859da6c70d6e79186345a8a711e47d2b522fbe85707908

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CALVERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 112, June 27, 2023, Page H3151):
  The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . . .'' In addition, clause l of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse; granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  979 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4365, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4365

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eee6faf4c63389a456859da6c70d6e79186345a8a711e47d2b522fbe85707908

  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 (as of March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4365, last updated March 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.