Armed Forces Transgender Dependent Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5196.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PANETTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 135, August 11, 2023, Page H4182):
  Article 1, Section 8 Clause 14 The single subject of this legislation is: To expand protections under the Exceptional Family Member Program of the Department of Defense for transgender dependents of members of the Armed Forces.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 11, 2023 ↗

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  227 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5196, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5196

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  66dca078fea479bab0990cda077a7fbe4c05052d30dd1c8da311c0e1b0a8f6ba

  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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