Defund Extremism Working Group Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4532.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 118, July 11, 2023, Page H3206):
  Section 8 The Congress shall provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; The single subject of this legislation is: To limit the use of Federal funds authorized by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 for the Department of Defense Countering Extremism Work Group.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 11, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  315 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4532, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4532

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  217737cabfa6cdc432d4a3b9b4525d8c6db3008e3e4e821aa11630f6bad4ed7f

  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. 4532, 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.