Support Military Families Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 977.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VINDMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 24, February 5, 2025, Page H505):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, ``[The Congress shall have Power . . .] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  307 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 977, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/977

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  455c483abebf90974f53dfe1c2edde5b16b2ca2542e9159842d142e7d96e4b1e

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 977, last updated June 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.