To allow certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees who serve under an overseas limited appointment for at least 2 years, and whose service is rated fully successful or higher throughout that time, to be converted to a permanent appointment in the competitive service.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1517.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1517, A bill to allow certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees who serve under an overseas limited appointment for at least two years, and whose service is rated successful or higher throughout that time, to be converted” on December 3, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on November 17, 2009</p>”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 3, 2009 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41839

  CBO publication date

  December 3, 2009

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1517, 111th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1517

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c9691700042b788855db38a7198f5578b7ce5f7d38bcdbf65f2fc9ae933c7fdb

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1517, A bill to allow certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees who serve under an overseas limited appointment for at least two years, and whose service is rated successful or higher throughout that time, to be converted” on December 3, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on November 17, 2009”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 3, 2009 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41839

  CBO publication date

  December 3, 2009

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1517, 111th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1517

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c9691700042b788855db38a7198f5578b7ce5f7d38bcdbf65f2fc9ae933c7fdb

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1517, An act to allow certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees who serve under an overseas limited appointment for at least two years, and whose service is rated successful or higher throughout that time,” on July 30, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 28, 2010</p>”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 30, 2010 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21710

  CBO publication date

  July 30, 2010

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1517, 111th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1517

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c9691700042b788855db38a7198f5578b7ce5f7d38bcdbf65f2fc9ae933c7fdb

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1517, An act to allow certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees who serve under an overseas limited appointment for at least two years, and whose service is rated successful or higher throughout that time,” on July 30, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 28, 2010”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 30, 2010 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21710

  CBO publication date

  July 30, 2010

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1517, 111th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1517

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c9691700042b788855db38a7198f5578b7ce5f7d38bcdbf65f2fc9ae933c7fdb

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 111-248 ↗; H. Rept. 111-373 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 5, 2010 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/SRPT/248
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/373

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1517, 111th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1517

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c9691700042b788855db38a7198f5578b7ce5f7d38bcdbf65f2fc9ae933c7fdb

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1517, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.