BRAVE Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9518.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVIDSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 140, September 10, 2024, Page H5157):
  ``Article I, Section 8, Clause 18. The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: ``To amend the Internal Revenue Service Code of 1986 to exclude compensation received by deployed forces of the armed services from gross income for tax purposes.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  513 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9518, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9518

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 16, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c40ba1dbe6a8137775d4fc0f56175017d109aca7eabec0ec88e63a32bcc28a4a

  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 December 16, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9518, last updated December 16, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.