Protecting our Service Members and their Families from Predatory Financial Practices Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7966.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SHERRILL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 62, April 11, 2024, Page H2318):
  Clause 16 of section 8 of article I of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is; This legislation would require the DoD to develop a verification process for financial counselor annual disclosures to validate that those individuals are `free of conflict' and fully poised to provide the best, impartial services to servicemembers and their families.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 11, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  372 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7966, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7966

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9527a12cc8aba20907239d20216195519ab07420661dbac60e1f89330da5e348

  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 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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