To amend title 10, United States Code, to require payments to contractors for subcontracting with Pacific Insular Area concerns, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9453.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SABLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 136, September 3, 2024, Page H5026):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Authorizing payments to contractors for subcontracting with Pacific Insular Area concerns.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 3, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9453, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9453

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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