Pay Our Military Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9791.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. SYKES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 149, September 24, 2024, Page H5748):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill provides appropriations for pay and support for all members of the Armed Forces, civilian personnel at the Department of Defense, members of the Coast Guard, necessary contractors, and reservists during a government shutdown.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 24, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  311 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9791, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9791

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  be974015a0531aad97b7c22f6dc7fc295a3e72664074cb02a63360d2105f5dc2

  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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9791, last updated December 5, 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.