DoD Dark Sky Stewardship Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9409.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SHERRILL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 133, August 23, 2024, Page H5006):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 14 The single subject of this legislation is: To require the Secretary of Defense to conduct an audit and analysis of light pollution at certain Department of Defense facilities, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 23, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  231 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9409, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9409

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e0d058050b9762153513b31d2778f560321bd40978488cfa444a1167c24b3168

  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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