Smitty Check Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9396.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ARRINGTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 133, August 23, 2024, Page H5006):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 The single subject of this legislation is: defense
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 23, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  81 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9396, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9396

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1112ef6cfd99445a2ca515607d2d5445a9d6b2421d3174a6f231f04180b0d5ec

  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. 9396, 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.