To increase the penalties for breach of a military base.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9428.

• 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. 135, August 30, 2024, Page H5021):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 The single subject of this legislation is: defense
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 30, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  81 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9428, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9428

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 12, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b28f2df01d76427e37730dfee3c12ae11e4450a1dd75a816e770adc0dbe134e7

  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 October 12, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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