ROTC and DEP Benefits Improvement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9035.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARBAJAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 116, July 15, 2024, Page H4633):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution which provides Congress with the power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises in order to provide for the general Welfare of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: The bill subject is Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) and Delayed Entry Program benefits.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 15, 2024 ↗

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  434 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9035, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9035

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c430376d89e5d1336d6efd719600723e547028773e1dbed263679f17dc40ba21

  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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