Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9188.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 124, July 30, 2024, Page H4963):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain spouses eligible for services under the disabled veterans' outreach program, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 30, 2024 ↗

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  219 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9188, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9188

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6a4d3aa76e70ff1eea8f0d9995120cfd2eeb3651579db5c545fb94cfc5a1f5d0

  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 December 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9188, last updated December 19, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.