To direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study relating to obesity in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1977.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCHANAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 44, March 10, 2025, Page H1067):
  Article 1, section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1977, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1977

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  735348459963a4fbc2e232f2f3c91905b41a8f7001144890e186794c1dd5e2ce

  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 August 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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