To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a compensation fund for military firefighters exposed to PFAS.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 705.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STRICKLAND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 14, January 23, 2025, Page H389):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 23, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 705, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/705

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f9b1e0f6e5ab4c14da30419b0eb323c725e9022fa18898f7f884e3561b09183f

  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 October 9, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 705, last updated October 9, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.