Military Family Leave Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7559.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTWRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 40, March 6, 2024, Page H999):
  Article I; Section 8; Clause 1 of the Constitution states The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States The single subject of this legislation is: To grant family of members of the uniformed services temporary annual leave during the deployment of such members, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 6, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  417 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7559, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7559

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8e50044df978bc52ebd2cabdd41278757471c466be916ca1f71c73d63d326bc5

  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 11, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7559, last updated June 11, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.