Streamline Pentagon Budgeting Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4740.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JAYAPAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 124, July 19, 2023, Page H3858):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: Defense
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 19, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  275 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4740, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4740

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d5093d35419cba760b1a1ea212c98fdc2bb8ee30a9203a739544b9eea8c3f551

  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. 4740, 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.