To amend title 14, United States Code, to require the retention of certain enlisted members of the Coast Guard who have completed 18 or more, but less than 20, years of service, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2200.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 50, March 18, 2025, Page H1172):
  Art. 1, Sec. 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  14 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2200, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2200

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  82007a32ab58646b41973af7a6490aaad51c0c3d1da662bcac8e4546fc061192

  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 4, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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