Strengthening our Servicemembers with Milk Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9715.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VAN ORDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 147, September 20, 2024, Page H5562):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 14. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would direct the Secretary of Defense to provide fluid or powdered milk to members of the Armed Forces at dining facilities on military installations.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 20, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  305 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9715, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9715

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8f88c2542c4f1011db9f9982b5b25f1453b9efe796c31c660f4f11b8f3435441

  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. 9715, 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.