GRACE for Military Survivors Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9489.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 107, June 25, 2026, Page H4264):
  Article I, Section 8, the Necessary and Proper Clause
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  53 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9489, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9489

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4ca21ef1f5867c526011158b108da551b16ba0fbf76d7126fcdcd45e88dca26a

  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 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9489, last updated October 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.