To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services to other law.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5516.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAKANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 149, September 14, 2023, Page H4349):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Government reform
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 14, 2023 ↗

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  81 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5516, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5516

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  28314b7ced9d2019ab7bdd2a51787abcf22c70b5335a0ac2f13d99195281999a

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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