To amend the Defense Base Act to exclude Guam.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 876.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOYLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 21, January 31, 2025, Page H434):
  section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  43 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 876, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/876

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 29, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  71dac0cad3782dc3609970e0e672c154ddead839ad1c61286e227654f26bd2b6

  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 September 29, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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