To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program to provide stipends to certain members separating from the Armed Forces.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5149.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEGUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 133, August 4, 2023, Page H4166):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Secretary of Defense to carTy out a pilot program to provide stipends to certain members separating from the Armed Forces.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 4, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  200 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5149, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5149

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7e7370c5bd4b95c7baa2add4b768e592a2f7e57792e19a62239b981fc9007634

  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.

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