Military Housing Wait Times Accountability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5972.

• 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. 170, October 17, 2023, Page H5021):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide temporary housing for military families on housing waitlists.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 17, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5972, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5972

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

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  dea9164e3490c6eca6dae0660eb26ce269ca1e595291e935dbc34502b4eda61a

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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