Gold Star Spouses Health Care Enhancement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9974.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KAPTUR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 155, October 11, 2024, Page H5868):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the health care benefits available for Gold Star surviving spouses.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 11, 2024 ↗

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  180 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9974, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9974

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  063422294237e74aaa6a8287a1182cca5eb1317fc66993b9f8189e4470eb042a

  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.

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