Rural Installation Job Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8417.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VASQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 84, May 15, 2024, Page H3274):
  Article 1, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of the Congress. The single subject of this legislation is: Defense Personnel
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8417, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8417

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

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  65040ce1948c691da476be5daf01a10dc2a983ac45bb8dd19f0c50f599638ccc

  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 September 9, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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