Fighter Force Preservation Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6735.

• 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. 205, December 13, 2023, Page H6942):
  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 require the Secretary of the Air Force to develop a long-term tactical fighter plan for the active and reserve components of the Air Force, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 13, 2023 ↗

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  449 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6735, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6735

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  19c6a367f071608ee29a698a72e8c039fcb33aa52b988e902b87e2e3cd06f7ff

  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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