Stop Pentagon Price Gouging Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4409.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARAMENDI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 114, June 30, 2023, Page H3160):
  Article I, section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation closes loopholes in current acquisition laws, tie financial incentives for contractors to performance, and provide the Department of Defense (DoD) with the information necessary to ensure fair and accurate pricing.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 30, 2023 ↗

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  295 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4409, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4409

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  13ba1878e4953809a94dafe4a31b9415497efb16b711576b56b12d339b14c204

  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.

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