Military Families and Surviving Spouses Benefits Enhancement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4944.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STEFANIK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 129, July 26, 2023, Page H4032):
  Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To defer loans for certain military spouses and restore non-monetary benefits to surviving spouses.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2023 ↗

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  186 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4944, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4944

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  504a870afacf8510d59bb44050384a496bb5251e953a65a53ee068cb6d823d5c

  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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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