Access to Contraception for Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9865.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESCOBAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 151, September 27, 2024, Page H5839):
  THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8 POWERS OF CONGRESS 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: armed forces
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 27, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  395 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9865, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9865

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 2, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1ed6d849c1940ef073c7316ecdb4447016ba632fa8bdcf23e7ee842891a437e4

  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 February 2, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9865, last updated February 2, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.