To amend title 38, United States Code, and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the eligibility of United States citizens who serve in the Israeli Defense Forces for certain protections relating to such service.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8445.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RESCHENTHALER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 86, May 17, 2024, Page H3357):
  Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 38, United States Code, and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the eligbility of United States citizens who serve in the Israeli Defense Forces for certain protections relating to such service.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  287 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8445, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8445

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  975b528a308dffeefd59ddb84aa98943107dae4057fc25c05032666e1ba9084e

  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 August 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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