Secure DOD Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9297.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STANTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 127, August 2, 2024, Page H4975):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Prohibits the Department of Defense from buying commercial information technology products from the PRC.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 2, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  168 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9297, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9297

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fea1caf10fc4734810f6e0d0f516661bbf7259eb699e5b80fb5f64d00ffcad80

  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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9297, last updated June 6, 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.