House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 18, 2024
- Committee actionMay 22, 2024
- Passed HouseJun 14, 2024 · 217–199
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 8, 2024 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8070.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Direct Spending and Revenue Effects of H.R. 8070, the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025” on May 29, 2024. CBO’s description reads “Letter to the Honorable Mike Rogers”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 29, 2024 ↗
Evidence
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- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60333
- CBO publication date
- May 29, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8070, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8070
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8070, Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025” on June 10, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on May 31, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 10, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60397
- CBO publication date
- June 10, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8070, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8070
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-529 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Armed Services Committee on May 31, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 31, 2024 ↗
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/529
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8070, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8070
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 68, April 18, 2024, Page H2522):Clause 1, clause 12, clause 13, and clause 14 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: National defense.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 18, 2024 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 153 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8070, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8070
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
15fb6fc85c204f3ab9364d01b0d8a4621d74b01e3eb27da088dca784b6b31b8c
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
14 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 14 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), Don Bacon (R-NE), Jim Banks (R-IN), Donald Davis (D-NC), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Nancy Mace (R-SC), James Moylan (R-GU), Adam Smith (D-WA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.