To amend title 37, United States Code, to exclude the basic allowance for housing from the calculation of gross household income for purposes of the basic needs allowance for eligible members of the Armed Forces.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5208.

• 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. 171, No. 146, September 8, 2025, Page H3893):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5208, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5208

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  52778d7c918f5264ad112ba0337b1c175b28f35464842661ff23271c026489b7

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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