DHS Acquisition Accountability and Efficiency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4228.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4228, DHS Acquisition Accountability and Efficiency Act” on May 21, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on April 30, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 21, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45385

  CBO publication date

  May 21, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4228, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4228

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  57bbb2c83a8fd38d9cf9b4d896648042ff8fe7bbc58d786c509ba5ba26ad9044

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-436 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on May 6, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 6, 2014 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/436

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4228, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4228

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. DUNCAN of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2433):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the Constitution enumerates to Congress the power to ``provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.'' This legislation sets out parameters reforming the way that the Department of Homeland Security purchases the equipment and services it needs to defend the homeland.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  405 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4228, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4228

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  57bbb2c83a8fd38d9cf9b4d896648042ff8fe7bbc58d786c509ba5ba26ad9044

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