Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga Forces Defense Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5232.

• 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. 137, August 18, 2023, Pages H4192-H4193):
  The constitutional authority of which this bill rests is the power of Congress to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Secretary of Defense to develop a plan to equip and train Iraqi security forces and Kurdish Peshmerga forces, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 18, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5232, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5232

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c05535ce27baf6ff91c9e40e27d75b9b6be9579215aea6e72500a9924a37376b

  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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