To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the membership of the Commandant of the Coast Guard on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8762.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. PELTOLA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 101, June 14, 2024, Page H4109):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the membership of the Commandant of the Coast Guard on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 14, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8762, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8762

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9e1d480fc64bee746c953c52511466b1152079f5f97989a3c3c3107a78df6840

  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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