Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9495.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-715 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 13, 2026 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/715

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9495, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9495

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 13, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2050fbdc79f0a0f78d25e7f3568a6a752774376d66277ca781ebf742dab043a8

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CALVERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 108, June 29, 2026, Page H4316):
  The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 29, 2026 ↗

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  Statement length

  803 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9495, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9495

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 13, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2050fbdc79f0a0f78d25e7f3568a6a752774376d66277ca781ebf742dab043a8

  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 (as of August 13, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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