To amend the Defense Base Act to exclude Guam.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 842.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOYLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 24, February 6, 2023, Page H710):
  Pursuant to Article 1 of the Constitution Congress has the authority to legislate to amend the Defense Base Act The single subject of this legislation is: Defense Base Act
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 842, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/842

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  893c837850aa9af80dda11946cb6ee7946b2ede511be2d5acd4d82c33300f5f6

  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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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