Cost of Wokeism in the Military Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4533.

• 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 require the Secretary of Defense to assess, and submit a report to Congress on, civilian staffing at the Department of Defense Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 11, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  343 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4533, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4533

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ec5eb3ccfd1fdff2bb5172a8b295e447597edbc4b0d1d9280003af513c1532f5

  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. 4533, 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.