LINK Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9947.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PANETTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 154, October 8, 2024, Page H5861):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is. Creates a subject matter expert exchange program among senior military leaders in the United States and Middle East partners.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 8, 2024 ↗

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  200 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9947, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9947

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 2, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  df2557abbd8b832bf585676a130ad359160db18a9e4f5972703f4e55a04ae7fe

  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.

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