National Blue Alert Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 180.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 180, National Blue Alert Act of 2013” on May 9, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 7, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 9, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44170

  CBO publication date

  May 9, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 180, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/180

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d9978345cb2eadef9e63f2ba5cfc9c0662443ab239f676744c0c6e1570dfbd08

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-54 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 14, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 14, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/54

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 180, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/180

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d9978345cb2eadef9e63f2ba5cfc9c0662443ab239f676744c0c6e1570dfbd08

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIMM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H54):
  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 the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  299 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 180, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/180

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d9978345cb2eadef9e63f2ba5cfc9c0662443ab239f676744c0c6e1570dfbd08

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 180, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.