Space Force Legacy Guardian Recognition Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5071.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 131, July 28, 2023, Page H4152):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 14: Congress shall have the power ``to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces.'' The single subject of this legislation is: To authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to designate certain separated members of the Air Force as honorary separated members of the Space Force.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 28, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5071, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5071

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ae7651ba0721d62cdb7cae76feed6508d8f58df462d8e4826d62837885ee2fe2

  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 September 9, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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