Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5009.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5009, WILD Act” on December 1, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on October 26, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 1, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59800

  CBO publication date

  December 1, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5009, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5009

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3130ac16e18163403bcd108bbca3d545acf58aadbeb13fed37687019c9edecca

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Estimated Changes in Direct Spending and Revenues of the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 5009, the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025” on December 13, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As Posted on the Website of the House Committee on Rules on December 7, 2024 https://rules.house.gov/bill/118/hr-5009-sa”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 13, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61111

  CBO publication date

  December 13, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5009, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5009

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3130ac16e18163403bcd108bbca3d545acf58aadbeb13fed37687019c9edecca

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-366 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on January 30, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 30, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/366

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5009, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5009

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3130ac16e18163403bcd108bbca3d545acf58aadbeb13fed37687019c9edecca

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Pages H4144-H4145):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: Reauthorizes conservation programs at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  148 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5009, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5009

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3130ac16e18163403bcd108bbca3d545acf58aadbeb13fed37687019c9edecca

  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 noteThe Joint Explanatory Statement and text to accompany Public Law 118-159 are found within Armed Services Committee Print No. 2
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5009, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5009

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3130ac16e18163403bcd108bbca3d545acf58aadbeb13fed37687019c9edecca

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