To require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to submit a report on the effects of the Merida Initiative on the border security of the United States, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3239.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3239, A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to submit a report on the effects of the Merida Initiative on the border security of the United States, and for other purposes” on November 23, 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, November 23, 2009 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41438

  CBO publication date

  November 23, 2009

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3239, 111th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3239

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  35a3b2e5632f9c13e7cc8f536fe1ec5456e46bfcfd98771ca90cff1531729e57

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3239, A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to submit a report on the effects of the Merida Initiative on the border security of the United States, and for other purposes” on November 23, 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, November 23, 2009 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41438

  CBO publication date

  November 23, 2009

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3239, 111th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3239

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  35a3b2e5632f9c13e7cc8f536fe1ec5456e46bfcfd98771ca90cff1531729e57

• 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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 111-429 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on March 10, 2010.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 10, 2010 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/429

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3239, 111th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/3239

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  35a3b2e5632f9c13e7cc8f536fe1ec5456e46bfcfd98771ca90cff1531729e57

  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.

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