Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8774.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-557 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 17, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/557

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8774, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8774

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 17, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  15297e4771f630fac1988762ccefd33c688420b5be8fdde9f7db80d2ca7237b1

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CALVERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 103, June 18, 2024, Page H4114):
  The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 18, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  977 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8774, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8774

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 17, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  15297e4771f630fac1988762ccefd33c688420b5be8fdde9f7db80d2ca7237b1

  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 (as of July 17, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8774, last updated July 17, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.